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Career Honors

• 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Golf Individual Champion.
• 2017 All-CAA First Team selection.
• 2016 All-CAA Second Team selection.
• Two-Time CAA All-Tournament Team selection (2016 and 2017).
• Two-Time CAA Men's Golfer of the Week selection.

2016-17: (Stroke Average: 72.94, Low Round=66)

• Started in all 11 tournaments of the season including the CAA Championship and NCAA Austin Regional.
• Claimed individual medalist honors leading wire-to-wire at the CAA Championship (-8) with rounds of 66, 70 and 72.
• Became the sixth all-time golfer in program history to win a conference individual title next to William Rainey (2016), John Jonas (2015), Josh Lorenzetti (2013), Bruce McDonald (2003) and Daniel Brunson (2002)..
• Honored on the All-CAA First Team and CAA All-Tournament Team.
• Earned CAA Men's Golfer of the Week honors on Sept. 28.
• Shot a season-low 68 in the final round of the SunTrust Gator Invitational.
• Shot a first-round 69 at the Schenkel Invitational.
• Tied for 7th (+1) at the 2016 Bearcat Invitational with a second-round 69.
• Tied for 11th (-1) at the Southwestern Invitational with a final-round 69.
• Tied for 15th (-1) at The Invitational at The Ocean Course with a second-round 70.

2015-16: (Scoring Average: 73.32, Low Round=66)

• Named to the 2016 All-CAA Second Team selection.
• Selected as CAA Men's Golfer of the Week on March. 23.
• Tied for 4th (+4) including a first-round 70 at the Colleton River Collegiate.
• Tied for 5th (+1) at the CAA Championship earning a spot on the CAA All-Tournament Team.
• Tied for 7th (-9) including a career-low round of 66 in the first round of The Schenkel Invitational.
• Tied for 11th (+6) in his CofC debut at The Invitational at The Ocean Course.
• Tied for 14th (+5) at The Intercollegiate at The Grove.
• Tied for 16th (-1) firing a career-low 67 in the second round of the Kiawah Classic by Aramark.
• Tied for 37th (+5) at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.
• Started and tied for 56th at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional.

Prior to CofC:

• Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at the University of Georgia.
• Graduated from Brookstone School in 2013.
• Helped the Cougars win four Class A state titles in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
• Earned medalist honors at the 2012 state tournament and was named State Player of the Year.
• Two-time all-state selection in 2011 and 2012.
• Three-time all-district and All-Bi-City in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
• Named Rolex First Team All-American in 2011 and earned honorable mention status in 2012.
• Won the 2011 Bobby Chapman Invitational and was the runner-up in the Polo Invitational, the Frederica Open and the Bubba Conlee Invitational.
• Participated in eight AJGA invitationals.
• Competed in the 2012 Junior Open Championship in England.
• Won the 2010 Sea Island Junior Classic.

Personal:

• Son of Larry and Melissa Derby.
• Arts management major at College of Charleston.
• Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Amateur Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Mich.