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2010 Male AOY finalist: A.J. Derby (video)
Aug. 8, 2010 5:55 am
School: Iowa City High.
High school highlights: Selected as the captain of the Class 4A all-state team after quarterbacking City High to the 4A state championship. Little Hawks finished 14-0. Passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in a 42-14 win over Marshalltown in the final. A key player on City High's 2008 state-championship basketball team, he left City after the first semester and enrolled at the University of Iowa.
Future plans: Will play football at the University of Iowa.
He said it: "A.J.'s just basically a fun-loving guy. He's a kid at heart who has a lot of fun with his teammates." -- City High football coach Dan Sabers, November 2009.
A.J. Derby (18) led City High to the Class 4A state football championship, then graduated after the winter semester and enrolled at Iowa. (The Gazette)
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