2018 (Junior): Third Team All-Southland Conference ... Started 53 games and batted .289 behind a team-high 61 base hits ... Team leader with 15 stolen bases ... Made 12 appearances on the mound with four starts ... Registered a 1-3 record with a 5.40 ERA and 15 strikeouts through 28.1 innings pitched ... Tops on the Wildcats with 21 multi-hit games (14 two-hit games and seven three-hit efforts) ... Finished the season with eight multi-RBI games as he drove in four against Mississippi Valley State on March 3 and May 9 ... Clubbed two home runs in a March 10 game at Incarnate Word, totaling eight bases.

2017 (Sophomore): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Southland Conference Honorable Mention after hitting .297 with five home runs, 25 RBI and 11 doubles ... Started 55 games and produced on-base and slugging percentages of .350 and .423, respectively ... Scored 40 runs ... Stole 18 bases on 23 attempts ... Drew 15 walks and credited with seven sacrifice hits ... Voted Southland Conference Player of the Week on March 7 after going 10-for-17 (.588) against UT Permian Basin and Creighton ... Performances were part of a season-best nine-game hitting streak that lifted his batting average to .404 ... Went 5-for-5 with three runs scored in first game vs. Creighton and ripped two hits in both games two and three ... Registered 16 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-6, three run afternoon vs. Sam Houston State ... Clubbed two doubles, a home run and stole two bases during North Dakota State series ... Hit subsequent home runs vs. Incarnate Word, Stephen F. Austin, Houston Baptist and Northwestern State ... Tied his season single-game high with two RBI at Oregon State on May 26 ... Swiped a career single-game high four bases in game three vs. Incarnate Word.

2016 (Freshman): Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Missed the first part of the season with a broken bone in his right hand … Hit .146 in 33 games (28 starts) with four RBI … Had a pair of multi-hit games: 2 for 4 vs. Lamar on April 2, and 2 for 3 at Sam Houston State on April 22.

High School: Graduated in 2015 from Abilene High School ... Baseball and football letter winner ... Led the Eagles' football team to a playoff berth in 2014, earning all-district honors. … Threw for 2,059 yards and 20 TD as a junior … Played first base, outfield and pitched, helping the Eagles to a pair of state playoff berths … Two-time all-district first baseman / center fielder, and a third team all-state first baseman as a senior … Hit .430 as a junior with five doubles, four triples, one home run and 13 RBI.
 
Personal: Given name is Derek Michael Scott … Son of Mike and Michele Scott … Born 09 July 1996 … Financial management major.