Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Braves ... a member of the school’s record-setting 4x800m relay squad ... earned second-team All-Conference accolades with the 4x800m relay team as a junior ... named First Team Academic All-State in 2008 ... also earned four letters in cross country and two in basketball ... an honorable mention All-Conference honoree in cross country ... a member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Derek is the son of Rob and Karen Egley ... major is computer engineering ... born December 19, 1989.