Derek Domino

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Spring Lake Park, Minn.
High School:
Spring Lake Park H.S.
Major:
Park and Recreation Management

Derek is one of the top returning defensive players in the Missouri Valley Football Conference ... two-time honoree on MVFC Honor Roll for academics

2009
Earned first-team all-MVFC honors after pacing team with 100 tackles and sharing team lead with five interceptions ... notched double figures for tackles five times, including notching 11 in season opener against Georgia Southern, with 1.5 tackles for loss, sack and fumble recovery en route to being named MVFC Defensive Player of the Week ... credited with 12 tackles in win at Missouri State ... tied career high the next week with 12 tackles and picked off two passes, returning one 16 yards for touchdown, against North Dakota State ... made seven stops with a sack and returned first-half interception 22 yards for score at Minnesota ... matched career high with 12 stops against Montana in Football Championship Subdivision playoff game

2008
Started all 12 games ... finished third on team with 80 tackles ... tallied eight tackles in a game six times, including season opener at Iowa State ... stopped Western Illinois on two-point conversion in closing minutes to seal 24-22 Beef Bowl victory ... opened scoring in Hobo Day game against McNeese State with 82-yard interception return ... made eight stops, including a tackle for loss, in wins over Youngstown State and Missouri State

2007
Recorded a tackle in 10 of the 11 games he played ... notched three tackles in home games against Southern Utah and North Dakota State ... registered two tackles, returned an interception 18 yards and broke up a pass in Hobo Day win over Stephen F. Austin ... made two solo stops and broke up a pass versus Texas State ... named to Great West Football Conference All-Academic Team

2006
Redshirted ... honored as Scout Defense Player of the Week leading up to games against Central Arkansas and Wiliam Penn (Iowa)

BEFORE SDSU
Two-time all-North Suburban Conference selection for coach Jeff Schlieff at Spring Lake Park High School ... led conference in rushing as a junior ... team offensive MVP as a junior and overall eam MVP as a senior ... also an all-conference pick in basketball