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Derek Culver #1 F

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-10
  • Weight:
    255
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Youngstown, Ohio
  • High School:
    Warren G. Harding HS
  • Prev School:
    Brewster Academy (N.H.)
  • Instagram:
    1gawd_

Summary

Biography

West Virginia (2019-20)

  • Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
  • Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball First Team
  • Averaged 10.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game
  • Started 25 of 31 games, averaging 24.6 minutes per game
  • Had 54 assists and 24 steals
  • Posted 15 games in double figures
  • Had six double-doubles on the season
  • Finished fifth in the Big 12 in rebounds
  • Ranked first in free throw attempts in the Big 12 with 176
  • Ranked 15th in the country with 7.1 fouls drawn per game
  • Nearly had a double-double with 17 points and nine rebounds at Iowa State
  • Scored 12 points with six rebounds at Texas
  • Double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds at TCU
  • Grabbed 10 rebounds against Oklahoma State
  • Had 12 points against Iowa State
  • Double-double with 19 points and 14 rebounds against Kansas State
  • Scored 16 points, including 14-of-16 from the free throw line, at Texas Tech
  • Finished with 11 rebounds against Missouri
  • Had 13 points, eight rebounds and two steals against Texas
  • Double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds against TCU
  • Had nine points and seven rebounds in the win over No. 22 Texas Tech
  • Finished with nine points and 12 rebounds at Oklahoma State
  • Had 12 rebounds at Kansas
  • Finished with seven points and 10 rebounds against Ohio State
  • Had 15 points with seven rebounds and a career-high seven assists in his homecoming game at Youngstown St.
  • Double-double with team highs in points and rebounds with 16 each
  • Second consecutive double-double with 12 points and 18 rebounds at St. John’s
  • First double-double of the season with a career-high 25 points to go with 11 rebounds vs. Rhode Island
  • Finished with seven points, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks against Wichita State
  • Grabbed 15 points against Northern Iowa
  • Had 10 points and four rebounds against Boston University
  • Scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds against Northern Colorado
  • Had four points and six rebounds at Pitt
  • Scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds against Akron
  • Was named to the 20-man preseason Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award Watch List

West Virginia (2018-19)

  • Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team (unanimous selection)
  • Named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
  • Averaged 11.5 points and a team-high 9.9 rebounds per game
  • Started 14 of 26 contests, averaging 27.0 minutes per game
  • Shot 45.6 percent from the field
  • Led the Big 12 in rebounding in conference games only (10.9) and had the highest scoring average (12.5) among freshmen in Big 12 Conference games only
  • In Big 12 Conference games only, he finished first in the league in offensive rebounds (3.8), first in rebounding (10.9), second in defensive rebounds (7.1) and 12th in scoring (12.5)
  • Had eight double-doubles in Big 12 action, which ranked second in the league to Kansas’ Dedric Lawson (11)
  • Had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs. TCU, the first WVU player to have a 20-20 game since Mo Robinson in 1977
  • Became the first WVU player since Rod Thorn (1961) to have two 20-plus rebounding games in the same season.
  • Finished 22nd in the country in fouls drawn per 40 minutes at 6.8 per contest
  • Went to the line 129 times in Big 12 play, ranking first in free throw attempts.
  • Had 11 points against Coastal Carolina in the CBI
  • Seven points and 10 rebounds against Grand Canyon in the CBI
  • Double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship
  • Had 13 rebounds against Texas Tech
  • Double-double with 16 points and 21 rebounds at Oklahoma State
  • Double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against Iowa State
  • Finished with nine points and nine rebounds at Oklahoma
  • Had 22 points and 21 rebounds vs. TCU - the first WVU player to have a 20-20 game in 42 years
  • Grabbed the most rebounds (21) in a game since Warren Baker had 22 vs. Pitt in 1974
  • Had nine points and six rebounds at Baylor
  • Double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds against Kansas State
  • Had nine points and 12 rebounds at Kansas
  • Finished with seven points and 11 rebounds against Texas
  • Double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds at Texas Tech, including 15 of 24 from the foul line
  • Made his first career start and finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds
  • Had eight points at Iowa State
  • Scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds at Tennessee
  • Finished with 11 points and seven rebounds against Kansas
  • Had eight points at TCU
  • Second consecutive double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds against Oklahoma State
  • Double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds at Kansas State
  • Finished with 17 points and nine rebounds at Texas
  • Had 12 points and eight rebounds against Texas Tech
  • First career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds in 19 minutes against Lehigh
  • Played in his first collegiate game against Jacksonville State and finished with four points

Prior to West Virginia

  • Attended Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, in 2017-18
  • Played for coach Jason Smith
  • First Team NEPSAC Class AAA selection
  • Averaged 14 points and 10 rebounds per game
  • Helped Brewster capture its eighth NEPSAC Class AAA regular season title in the last 11 seasons
  • Graduated from Warren G. Harding High, playing for coach Andy Vlajkovich
  • As a junior, he led Harding to a 23-4 record and regional semifinal appearance
  • In a season-ending playoff loss to Garfield Heights, he had 16 points and 12 rebounds
  • Averaged 16 points, 10 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game
  • Earned All-Ohio Honorable Mention honors by the Associated Press as a junior
  • Played AAU basketball for the Ohio Basketball Club

Personal

  • Son of Sharon White
  • Birthday is May 24
  • Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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    2020-21Junior

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