Derek Maas

Accolades

NCAA Elite 90 Award winner, presented to the student-athlete with the highest GPA participating at the NCAA Championships
SEC Men's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year
The overall SEC Male Brad Davis Community Service Leader of the Year
Member of the SEC Swimming and Diving Community Service team
Reached the A finals in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors
Earned second team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke (10^th) and 200 medley relay (11^th)
Broke his own school-record in the 200 individual medley (1:42.59) at the NCAA Championships
Swam a career-best time in the 200 breaststroke (1:51.53) at the NCAA Championships
Recorded a fifth-place finish in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, along with a seventh-place finish in the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships
Competed as a member of the 200 medley relay (7^th) at the SEC Championships
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

2022 First-team All-American in the 100 breast and as a member of the 200 Medley relay team at the NCAA Championships, placing 7^th and 5^th respectively.
2022 Second-Team All-American as a member of the 400 Medley, 200, 400, and 800 Freestyle relays at the NCAA Championships placing 9^th, 16^th, 14^th, and 16^th respectively
Set the school record in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM at the 2022 SEC Championships with times of 50.58 and 1:42.90 respectively
Set the SEC Championships meet record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 1:51.56, which ranks him second all-time at Alabama
2022 SEC Champion in the 100 and 200 breast
Won three silver medals in the 200 IM and as a member 200 and 400 Medley relays at the 2022 SEC Championships
Won bronze as a member of the 400 free relay at the 2022 SEC Championships
Placed 5^th as a member of the 200 free relay at the 2022 SEC Championships
Member of UA's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Executive Board

Earned All-America honors as a member of the 200 and 400 medley relay, which took 12th and 14th, respectively, at the NCAA Championships
Also competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships
Silver medalist at the SEC Championships as part of the 200 medley relay
Took home a bronze medal as part of the 400 medley relay at the SEC Championships
Qualified to the championship finals in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, placing sixth
Finaled in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, winning the B final to finish ninth overall
Also swam the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships
Posted a career-best time of 1:53.13 at the Auburn Invitational, which ranks him fourth all-time at Alabama
Earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America honors and a place on the SEC Academic Honor RollMember of UA's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)

Earned All-America honors in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke
Seeded 10th in the 100 breaststroke heading into NCAAs before the championships were canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke
Swam in the championship finals of the 100 breaststroke (6th), 200 breaststroke (5th) and 200 individual medley (7th) at the SEC Championships
Posted a career-best 51.81 in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, shaving more than two seconds off his previous mark and ranking him third all-time at UA
Swam a career-best 1:53.15 in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, dropping more than three seconds off his previous mark and ranking him fourth all-time at UA
Touched the wall with a career-best 1:44.95 in the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships, ranking him fifth all-time at UA
Closed the dual-meet season with wins at Florida State in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes
Picked up a win as part of the 200 medley relay at the Georgia Tech Fall Invitational
Earned a win at Auburn as part of the 200 medley relay
First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American
SEC All-Freshman
SEC Academic Honor Roll

Swam for Jim Whitehead at Michigan Lakeshore Aquatics, the same club as his current Alabama teammates Riley VanMeter, Joey Wachter and Meg Peel
Swam for Steve Bowyer and Sam Hoekstra at West Ottawa High School
2019 Michigan Division 1 High School Swimmer of the Year and Swimmer of Meet
Six-time state champion
2019 West Ottawa High School Athlete of the Year
2019 Michigan High School Athlete of the Year finalist

Full name: Derek Edward Maas
Son of Paula and Edward Maas
Brothers, Kyle, a former member of the Alabama swimming and diving team, and Kevin
Sister, Jenna
Biology major
Born April 8, 2001