Courtesy of Army Athletic Communications
Release: 11/04/2008
One of six members of the sophomore class … posted a 6-4 mark in initial campaign … one of three wrestlers on the team from New York, joining Connor Hanafee and Tyler Sinisgalli.
2008-09: Compiled a 6-4 mark … 1-0 in dual meets … placed sixth at the Body Bar Invitational … won a 7-1 decision against Franklin & Marshall in his lone dual match … won his first collegiate match at the Oklahoma-Gold Classic … won four straight matches at the Body Bar Invitational … injury defaulted and finished sixth.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP SCHOOL: State qualifier and four-year letterman at Saugerties High School under coach Scott Wickham … served as team captain for his junior and senior years … also earned four varsity letters and was a two-time captain for the lacrosse team … wrestled during his prep year at USMAPS under Austin Milster and Ed Gibbons … placed third at the NCWA Championships.
PERSONAL: Derek Peter Beck Stanley was born Aug. 3, 1989 in Kingston, N.Y. … son of Ken and Lisa Stanley … has three siblings, Kendall, Ethan and Tessa … enjoys camping, swimming and watching movies in his spare time … major is undecided.