The Mission of Derived Athletics
Derived Athletics was created to bridge the gaps I experienced in sport — building tools that empower athletes through data, performance insights, and real connection.
My Journey
I’ve been through the full cycle of the high-performance athlete life — NCAA and ACC championships, competing with Team USA, Olympic Trials. And like many, I’ve also faced loss, injury, and the long, quiet moments that come after.
As the intensity of my fencing career fades into the rearview, I’ve realized two things:
- I accomplished nothing alone — I was built by my community.
- We’re here to dream, and pass on what we learn.
Family, Foundation, and Sport
I grew up in California — playing basketball, football, soccer, and fencing. My dad, Jay, was always there. Every practice. Every tournament. Every drive across the state.
We bonded through sport and stats — tracking Los Angeles Angels games in our own homemade scorebooks. He taught me everything: how to throw a baseball, how to solve an engineering problem, how to be a great man.
He passed away when I was 13. From that moment, everything I did was for him and my family. Whether it was late-night training or early morning workouts, I kept going knowing he’d be proud — cheering, smiling, and soaking up the journey.
That love from my family carried me through three NCAA Team Championships at Notre Dame. It helped me chase Olympic dreams. And now, it fuels something even greater.
Derived Athletics
Derived Athletics isn’t just a company. It’s the next step in my story that began in childhood — shaped by family, by the coaches and supporters along my journey, and built for the next generation of athletes.
After competing at the highest level, I have faced a massive transition after sport. I asked: “Who am I without fencing?”
Derived is here to shape the future of sport — equipping athletes, coaches, and organizations with the insights, testing systems, and tools needed to reach their full potential. This isn't about keeping up. It’s about redefining the standard.
Why We Build
As an athlete, I’ve felt the gaps—gaps in development, in communication, in the tools meant to support us. These aren’t always easy to define, but they shape the experience of being in sport.
Working in athlete product testing, I saw those same gaps from the industry side. There’s often a disconnect between what athletes and coaches actually need, and what gets built or delivered.
Derived is here to close that space.
We build from experience. From the questions that stayed with me after training, from the friction I felt trying to grow in my sport.
We're here to create what's next—for athletes, for sport, and for the generations coming up behind us.
Full Circle
The other day, I went to a Blue Jays–Yankees game for my birthday. My dad always coached my Little League teams, and he’d always choose the Blue Jays.
I had the same smile he would have that day.
That night, I wrote this post. And knew it was time to launch Derived Athletics.
Derived is for every kid who sat in the car post-game, stats book in hand, dreaming of greatness.
We’re just getting started.
Let’s dream and build what athletics has always deserved.