Tickets2013-14 Season (R-Senior): Played in three games without a start, averaging 0.0 points and 0.3 rebounds in 0.7 minutes ... saw action in win over UCF (1/23) ... made his debut against Middle Tennessee (12/21), grabbing a rebound ... joined the team as a walk-on in mid-December.
Sports at Cincinnati: Participated in two other varsity sports at UC ... redshirted his freshman season as a preferred walk-on with the baseball team (2010) and appeared in two games out of the bullpen as a freshman (2011), totaling two innings pitched, three hits, three earned runs, three walks and one strikeout ... did not play baseball but went through spring football in 2012 ... served on the practice squad on the football team in 2012 and during the current season with the Bearcats ... named 2012 BIG EAST Conference All-Academic Team.
Prior to Cincinnati: Played the second half of an injury-shortened senior season (2008-09) in basketball at Mason High School, averaging nine points and five rebounds ... helped team to sectional championship and district runner-up finish while averaging 15 points in playoff action as a senior ... lettered in football, basketball and baseball as a junior and senior ... played safety on the football team ... named to East-West baseball game in 2009.
Personal: Derek Towson Cox ... born Jan. 17, 1991 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... son of Adrienne and Terry Cox ... has one younger sister, Madeline.