Ryan Dermody Class: Sophomore Hometown: Loveland, Colo. High School: Loveland Last College: University of Colorado Height / Weight: 6-8 / 205 Position: Forward

2007-08: Ryan Dermody is one of the young players in the Wyoming basketball program that the UW coaching staff is really excited about. His unselfish play, ability to set effective screens, move without the ball and play mulitple positions are all talents that should have him challenging for a starting role.

2006-07: Dermody became eligible for the Wyoming Cowboys at the beginning of the 2007 spring semester after satisfying NCAA transfer rules. He played in 16 of 18 games during the spring semester, and averaged 15.1 minutes per game. Dermody averaged 2.9 points and 1.9 rebounds, while shooting 44.7 percent from the field. He had one double-figure scoring game on the season, with 10 versus San Diego State in Laramie on Feb. 17. His best rebounding game game at UNLV on Feb. 10, where he pulled down six rebounds. Dermody started one game -- at Air Force on Feb. 3.

2005-06: Dermody transferred to Wyoming in the spring semester of 2006 after originally walking onto the University of Colorado basketball team in the fall of 2005. Dermody redshirted the 2005-06 season.

High School/Personal: Dermody earned All-State and All-Area Player of the Year honors both his junior and senior years at Loveland High School in Loveland, Colo. He averaged 19 points, nine rebounds, two blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game his senior season. He tied a state of Colorado single-game record with 12 blocks. He also had one triple-double in high school, scoring 21 points, pulling down 13 rebounds and blocking 12 shots.

As a junior, Dermody averaged 18 points, eight rebounds and two blocks. His sophomore season, he scored 14 points per game, grabbed five rebounds per contest and blocked 2.5 shots per game.

He was elected a team captain as a senior, and his Loveland High teams qualified for the state playoffs all four years during his high school career.

Dermody lettered four years in basketball at Loveland where he played for head coach Shawn Pitts.

Born Jan. 13, 1987, he is the eldest of three children of Leslie and Shon Dermody. Coming out of high school, Dermody was recruited by Cal Poly, Hawaii, SMU and Vermont. He is planning on studying communications at UW.