Derrick Lewis

His 241 rebounds made him the 7th best rebounder in the conference.

He was named ACC Rookie of the Week twice during the season, and finished second in the ACC Rookie of the Year award voting behind Duane Ferrell of Georgia Tech.

Lewis was confirmed as a starter for his sophomore year, and was the only player on the roster to start all 33 games.

He scored double figures in 13 games; he tied his career-high of 16 points twice in the season, against Ohio State and Georgia Tech.

He also posted a season-high 12 rebounds twice, against Duke and Clemson.

Derrick Raymond Lewis (born August 1, 1966) is an American-French former professional basketball player.

A Tarboro, North Carolina native, he played high school basketball at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., where he was a McDonald's All-American as a senior in 1984.

In the 1984 McDonald's All-American Boys Game he scored 4 points, all on free throws attempts, playing for the East team.

Lewis chose to wear number 33 at Maryland and was selected as a starter by coach Lefty Driesell since his freshman year.

He was considered one of the best defensive freshmen in the country due to his shot blocking ability.

After coming off the bench for the first three games of the season, Driesell made him the starting center of the team: he was only the second freshman to start as a center during Driesell's stint as a coach at Maryland.

On November 21, 1984, in a Great Alaska Shootout game against Tennessee, Lewis recorded a career-high 10 blocks; he tied the mark later in the season, posting another 10-block game against Towson State on January 21, 1985.

On February 24 he posted a career-high 14 rebounds against Wake Forest.

In the quarterfinals of the 1985 ACC men's basketball tournament against Duke, Lewis scored a new career high of 16 points.

During his freshman season Lewis started 34 of 37 games, averaging 6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 2.7 blocks per game in 30.1 minutes of playing time.

He recorded 99 blocks for the season, which at the time was the single-season all-time high at Maryland.

His season high in blocks was 7 against North Carolina on February 20, 1986.

During the 1986 NCAA tournament, Lewis recorded a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds against Pepperdine, and scored 5 points (with 4 blocks) in the loss against UNLV.

During the tournament, Lewis played as a power forward, as the center was Terry Long.

He recorded 71 season blocks, and led the team in steals per game with 1.1.

As a junior, Lewis gained an increased scoring load after the departure of Len Bias, who had left the team for the 1986 NBA draft.

He was again named the starting center, and the team captain.

He then played in college with the Maryland Terrapins, staying for 4 years; he was a first-team All-ACC selection and an Honorable mention All-American as a junior in 1987, and a second-team All-ACC selection as a senior in 1988.

On January 28, 1987 Lewis recorded a triple double against James Madison with 29 points (a new career high), 23 rebounds (career high) and 12 blocks (another career high, and the best single-game mark in Maryland history).

On February 18 he recorded his second triple double (the only player to record more than one in Terrapins history) with 32 points (his career high), 10 rebounds and 10 blocks against UMBC.

On February 27 he recorded 10 blocks against Maryland Eastern Shore.

Lewis was the second best scorer in the ACC with 19.6 points per game behind Horace Grant of Clemson (21.0), and was the second best rebounder in the conference with 9.5 per game (again behind Grant who had 9.6).

He led his team in scoring, rebounding, blocks, steals and field goal percentage.

He recorded 114 total blocks in the season, improving his own record established in his freshman season.

He led the ACC in blocks with a 4.4 average, which also ranked him 2nd in the whole NCAA Division I behind David Robinson's 4.5.

He was drafted in the third round of the 1988 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls (62nd overall), but he did not play in the NBA.

After one season in the Continental Basketball Association, Lewis moved to France where he played for 15 seasons, 13 of which in the LNB Pro A, the top level of French basketball, where he was a 5-time blocks leader and a 2-time All-Star.

Lewis was born in Tarboro, North Carolina to Gertie and Robert Lewis.

He attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C., where he was coached by Carroll Holmes and he was a varsity starter since his sophomore season.

In his junior season, Lewis averaged 17 points, 11 rebounds and 6 blocks per game, and was selected in the All-Metro First Team by the Washington Post.

As a high school senior, Lewis was ranked among the best players in the nation, with the Knoxville News Sentinel ranking him number 6th overall.

He averaged 21 points, 15 rebounds and 8 blocks per game, earning All-Metro MVP and first-team honors, and was selected as the Metro area Mr. Basketball by the Washington Touchdown Club.

He also earned recognition at national level, being named a second-team Parade All-American selection, and was selected to play in two high school all-star games: the Capital Classic and the McDonald's All-American Game.

In the Capital Classic Lewis he scored 18 points, playing as a center and shooting 9/11 from the field.

As of 2020 he is the program's all-time leader in blocks and ranks third in rebounds.