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Excellent ball striker, tough competitor and continues to improve short game...has seven sub-par rounds in his career, including three rounds below 70.
FALL 2008: Competed in two events as an individual with a 74.8 scoring average over six rounds...best finish was 27th at the San Francisco Intercollegiate (77-75-69 - 221, +7)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Was named First Team All Academic Pac-10 and was named Honorable Mention All-Pac-10...competed in 11 tournaments with a 72.8 scoring average...best finish was a tie for sixth in both the Pac-10 Championship (68-73-74-69 - 284, E) and the Fresno State Lexus Classic (70-71-70 - 211, -5)...finish tied for eighth at the Husky Invitational (70-76 - 146, +2) and the Alister MacKenzie Invitational (67-67-72 - 206, -7)...tied for 16th at the US Intercollegiate (73-72-70 - 215, +5)...tied for 20th at the Southwestern Intercollegiate (72-78-76 - 226, +13)...
FALL 2007: Finished fall season with a 72.0 scoring average over eight rounds in three events...best finishes were ties for eighth at the Husky Invitational (70-76 - 146, +2) and the Alister MacKenzie Invitatational (67-67-72 - 206, -7)...tied for 41st at The Prestige Invitational (71-75-78 - 224, +8).
2006-2007: Averaged 74.4 over 19 rounds in six events...best finish was a tie for 36th at the Pac-10 Championship (75-76-69-75 - 295, +7)...placed 41st at the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate (78-70-70 - 218, +5).
HIGH SCHOOL/AMATEUR: In 2008, won the Costa Mesa Men's City Championship (65-66- 131)...finished runner-up in the Irvine Men's City Championship (68-74 - 142)...was the second seed in the Long Beach Match Play (70-66 - 136)...finished 25th in the Long Beach Amateur (78-70-69 - 217)...in 2007, won the Coronado Classic (71-70 - 141)...shot 64 (8-under) in the final round of the Amateurgolf.com at Metropolitan to finish second (77-64 - 141)...finished third at the Costa Mesa Men's City (68-72 - 140)...finished seventh in the Long Beach Amateur (68-69-71 - 208)...finished eighth in the San Diego County Amateur (75-73 - 148)...in 2006, held a No. 73 national junior ranking by Golfweek Magazine...finished tied for third at the AJGA Mission Hills Desert Junior (70-74-69 - 213)...finished fourth at the Long Beach Amateur (75-69-68 - 212)...led Mira Costa to their second CIF Southern Regional Championship (71)...finished 25th at the AJGA Fidelity Investments Junior Open...in 2005, finished tied for fourth at the AJGA Hanmi Bank Junior Open (71-72-69 - 212)...tied for sixth at the AJGA Coto de Caza Junior (72-70-72 - 214)...tied for seventh at the AJGA Mission Hills Desert Junior (70-68-73 - 211)...tied for tenth at the AJGA PING Junior at Diablo Grande (73-72-70 - 215)...two top five finishes at the SCPGA Tournament of Champions and the Westfield PGA Junior Section Championship...In 2004, won the SCGA events at Rio Hondo (67), at Whittier Narrows (68) and at Palos Verdes (71)
PERSONAL: Full name is Evan Albert Derian...majoring in interdisciplinary studies... parents are Steve (Cal 1974) and Sue Derian...father played football and baseball at Cal...grandfather Al Derian also played football for the Bears (1940-41)... born in Long Beach, Calif.
Derian's Career Stats
| Year | Rounds | Strokes | Avg | Low Round | Top Finish |
| 2006-07 | 19 | 1414 | 74.4 | 69 | T36/Pac-10 Championship |
| Fall 2007 | 8 | 576 | 72.0 | 67 | T8/Alister MacKenzie |
| Totals | 27 | 1990 | 73.7 | 67 | T8/Alister MacKenzie |
Bear Bites
| Question | Answer |
| Actor to portray me in golf movie: | Steve Carell. |
| Fantasy foursome: | Joe Pesci, Bill Murray, & John Candy. |
| The best thing about the Cal Men's Golf team is: | The team camaraderie. |
| Most memorable Cal moment: | My first shot at Arizona last spring. |
| If I could go back and give myself advice at age 15: | Work on your short game! |
| If only one food for a year: | Chipotle |
| When I'm not studying or playing golf I like: | Sleeping. |
| I chose to play golf over other sports because: | You don't have to be 6'5 to be good. |
| The one tournament I'd like to win the most is: | The NCAA Championship. |
| Favorite golf course I've played: | Riviera. |
| Coach Desimone: | Likes to have fun...but ultimately means business. |
| My best halloween costume: | Blanka from Street Fighter. |
