2009-10: Now entering his senior season, Ryan Dermody looks to rebound from an injury-plagued junior year. Dermody is a very intelligent player, who has a great understanding of the game of basketball. He can hurt an opponent in many ways, both offensively and defensively. His experience will be relied upon heavily, as he is Wyoming's only senior. 2008-09: Dermody had an injury plagued junior season. To begin the year, he dislocated his left elbow in practice on Nov. 11, directly between UW's exhibition game against the Colorado School of Mines and their season opener. That elbow injury forced Dermody to miss the first 21 games of the season. He returned to the floor on Feb. 3 as the Cowboys faced New Mexico on the road. Over the next six games, Dermody averaged over 11 minutes per game. During that sixth game back, Dermody had his best performance of the season. He scored seven points in nine minutes to key a big road win over arch-rival Colorado State. However, he sprained his left ankle toward the end of that game and was forced back to the sideline. From that point on, he only played in one more game. On the year, Dermody played in seven games, starting one. He averaged 1.6 points and 1.9 rebounds in 10.4 minutes per game. 2007-08: Dermody was Wyoming's third leading scorer and rebounder during his sophomore season, averaging 9.3 points and 5.3 rebounds a game. He was also second on the Wyoming squad in blocked shots, and ranked No. 4 in the Mountain West Conference with 1.13 blocks per game. He also ranked No. 12 in the league in rebounding (5.3 rpg), No. 4 in minutes played (33.57 mpg) and No. 10 in defensive rebounding (4.13 rpg). The sophomore scored in double-figures 13 times during the season, including a career high 24 points against New Mexico in Laramie. Against his former team, Colorado, he scored 18 points and pulled down nine rebounds in a 73-64 Wyoming win. Dermody also recorded two double-doubles as a sophomore (14 points and 11 rebounds versus CU-Colorado Springs and 15 points and 10 rebounds against Arkansas-Pine Bluff). 2006-07: Dermody became eligible for the Wyoming Cowboys at the beginning of the 2007 spring semester after satisfying NCAA transfer rules. He played in 16 of 18 games during the spring semester, and averaged 15.1 minutes per game. Dermody averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds, while shooting 44.7 percent from the field. He had one double-figure scoring game on the season, with 10 versus San Diego State in Laramie on Feb. 17. His best rebounding game was at UNLV on Feb. 10, where he pulled down six rebounds. Dermody started one game -- at Air Force on Feb. 3. 2005-06: Dermody transferred to Wyoming in the spring semester of 2006 after originally walking onto the University of Colorado basketball team in the fall of 2005. Dermody redshirted the 2005-06 season. High School/Personal: Dermody earned All-State and All-Area Player of the Year honors both his junior and senior years at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colo. He averaged 19 points, nine rebounds, two blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game his senior season. He tied a state of Colorado single-game record with 12 blocks. He also had one triple-double in high school, scoring 21 points, pulling down 13 rebounds and blocking 12 shots. As a junior, Dermody averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. His sophomore season, he scored 14 points per game, grabbed five rebounds per contest and blocked 2.5 shots per game. He was elected a team captain as a senior, and his Loveland High teams qualified for the state playoffs all four years during his high school career. Dermody lettered four years in basketball at Loveland where he played for head coach Shawn Pitts. Born Jan. 13, 1987, he is the eldest of three children of Leslie and Shon Dermody. Coming out of high school, Dermody was recruited by Cal Poly, Hawaii, SMU and Vermont. He is majoring in communications. |
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