La Salle's Bowdien Derby Named to All-CIF Squad

The CIF-Southern Section announced its All-CIF baseball teams Monday and La Salle junior pitcher/shortstop Bowdien Derby was the lone Lancer to make the squad.

Derby was one of the key players on a La Salle team that finished second in the Del Rey League for the first time since the Lancers joined the league in the 2007 season.

Derby compiled a 0.94 ERA in 82 1/3 innings, giving up just 11 earned runs while striking out 101. He also threw a . At the dish, Derby hit .435 with three home runs, 12 doubles and 19 RBIs.

But perhaps Derby's most impressive performance came during the . In that game Derby came out of the bullpen to blank Palm Desert for four innings, giving up one hit and striking out four.

His outing turned the heads of the scouts who were in attendance to watch Palm Desert as Derby unleashed a fastball that on multiple occasions topped out at 91 mph.