Career notes: Left UC Merced as one of the most decorated players in program history...2021 All-Cal Pac First Team selection...2X Cal Pac Honorable Mention...3X Cal Pac Player of the Week...2018 Midnight Madness Slam Dunk champion...Ended his career ranked top ten in nearly every major statistical category...Held career-high's of 26 points, 16 rebounds, six assists, four blocks and three steals...Had 35 double figure scoring efforts and eight double-double's.
In the UC Merced Record Books:
No. 1 - .537 field goal percentage
No. 3 - 302 field goals made
No. 3 - 460 rebounds
No. 4 - 5.5 rebounds per game
No. 4 - Eight double-double's
No. 5 - Nine points per game
No. 5 - 35 double figure scoring efforts
No. 6 - 752 points
No. 6 - 138 free throws made
No. 8 - 33 blocks
No. 10 - 57 steals
No. 10 - 97 assists
2021: All-California Pacific Conference First Team selection...3X Cal Pac Player of the Week...Scored in double figures and shot at least 50% from the floor in all nine games...Posted career-high's across the board and led the Bobcats with 16 points, eight rebounds and 1.6 steals per game...First Bobcat to average 16+ points per game since Aki Chambers in 2012-13...First Bobcat to average at least eight rebounds per game since Aaron Laflin in 2015-16...Also had a career-high and finished second on the team with 2.3 assists per game and a .632 field goal percentage...One of just four players in the last ten years to average 16 PPG, 8 RPG, 2 APG & 1.5 SPG in Cal Pac play....632 field goal percentage was 12th in the nation and was good for the best in the Cal Pac in the last three years...Averaged 31.2 minutes and started every contest over the nine-game campaign...Shared game-high with 20 points and finished shooting 90% (9-10) from the floor in the season opener against La Sierra...Became just the second Bobcat ever to shoot 90% from the field with double figure attempts...Finished with a career-high 26 points and notched a double-double with 14 rebounds the following game against La Sierra (3/19)...It marked just the fifth 25-point, 10-rebound Cal Pac game in program history...It was the first since George Idehen posted a similar stat line on February 8, 2014...E'denchukwu also had three assists, two steals and a block...Earned first career Cal Pac Player of the Week award on March 22...Registered second straight double-double with 16 points (5-7) and eleven rebounds vs. Pacific Union (3/24)...Poured in a game-high 19 points and blocked a shot in the first road game of the season at La Sierra (3/29)...Pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds and scored eleven points at Pacific Union (4/7)...Notched league-leading fourth double-double with 14 points, ten rebounds and also had a career-high six assists in the Phase Two California Pacific Conference Championship game (4/25).
2019-20: Was one of four Bobcats to appear in all 28 games and earned a career-high 25 starts...Averaged 8.5 points in 23.4 minutes per game...Had a .454 success rate from the field while putting up a career-high 205 shots...Finished third on the team and tied his career-high with 48 made free throws...Also finished third on the team with 125 rebounds (4.5 RPG) and a career-high 35 assists...Suited up on Hostetler Court for the first time since February 10, 2018 due to an injury and tallied 13 points, eleven in the second half vs. NCAA Division II opponent Dominican University (11/2)...Finished with ten points and six rebounds off the bench vs. Yellowstone Christian College (11/4)...Exploded for a season-high 20 points, nine rebounds, a block and a steal vs. Menlo College (11/26)...Nine points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals at William Jessup (12/31)...Fourteen points, four rebounds and two steals vs. Cal Maritime (1/18)...Notched his first double-double of the season with 17 points and a season-high 14 rebounds at Pacific Union College (2/1)...Scored in double figures four straight games (17 points at Pacific Union, 2/1; 16 points vs. Benedictine University Mesa, 2/6; 14 points vs. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2/8; 11 points vs. Simpson, 2/13)...Shot 89% (8-9) from the floor to tally his 14 point-night vs. BenU Mesa...Went 8-8 (100%) at the charity stripe against ERAU and became just third Bobcat in program history to make all eight free throw attempts in a Cal Pac game...Also had four assists vs. Simpson
2018-19: Utilized a medical redshirt
2017-18: As a sophomore, named Cal Pac Honorable mention...played in all 28 games and averaged 20.9 minutes per game...doubled his scoring and rebounding outputs from his freshman year...second on the team with 9.8 points per game while leading the team in field goal percentage (61%)...scored in double figures in 13 games, including the final four of the regular season and both postseason games...tallied a career-high 21 points in a 82-71 win over Pacific Union on 2/15...led the team and finished fifth in the Cal Pac with 179 rebounds (6.3 per game)...37 of 179 rebounds were on the offensive glass...contributed 21 steals and 18 blocks...notched a double-double in the second game of the season, 15 points and 10 rebounds against West Coast Baptist on 10/28...hauled in a career-high 16 rebounds in the 71-70 Cal Pac Semifinal win on 2/24.
2016-2017: As a freshman, started in 4 games out of 18 played… finished the season with a 42.9% field goal percentage and a free throw percentage of 68.8%... also finished with 78 rebounds, 9 blocks, 5 steals and 16 assists.
High School: Led California powerhouse Salesian High School to an impressive 28-5 record and the NCS Les Schwab Division 4 Championship as a senior...Known for dunking 11 times a single AUU game.
Personal: Nicknamed Chewy and also known as Derek...Majoring in Material Science and Engineering...Has one brother and one sister...Active member in UC Merced clubs and orginizations: Black Student Union, Afrikans for Retention & Outreach, National Society of Black Engineers...Favorite food is Hawaiian BBQ...Favorite athlete is Kawhi Leonard and favorite team is the Golden State Warriors...Favorite musicians are NBA Youngboy and Kentrell...Favorite movie is Grown Ups.
