Derek Anthony Layne was a 6-foot point guard/scoring guard for UGA. Joining the team in 1998, Layne was named to the All-SEC Freshman Team.
Layne declared for the draft after his sophomore year, but did not hire an agent. He returned for his junior year, after which he declared again, and hired an agent, thereby foregoing his senior season.
Layne averaged 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists over his 3-year career. He was the all-time school leader in 3-pointers made, and ranked 9th in career scoring.
Although Layne was not drafted by the NBA, he had a relatively long career playing overseas. As I recall, Layne last played in Colombia, South America.
He returned to the States a few years ago and is now looking to form a sports agency.
Layne recently began thinking about having a reunion game to bring together former players at Marietta's Wheeler High School. Layne communicated with some of the players and they were enthusiastic about the idea. The game was held Friday, August 1, 2008. Professional athletes Shareef Abdul Rahim, Jemareo Davidson and J.J. Hickson participated.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/sports/highschool/stories/2008/07/31/hsspotlight.html
Since I'm not sure how long the AJC article will be available, here's a similar article from the Marietta Daily Journal.
http://www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/2/section/13/item/113902.html
And here is the article that details how the game turned out.
http://www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/2/section/13/item/116006.html
Good event. Good job, D.A.
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