profound respect for derrick and the decision he has made to come out publicly. he's a model student, a terrific competitor, but most importantly he is a wonderful human being. we know his decision weighed heavily on him for some time. but as a coaching staff, a team and a family, we stress to him we support him in any way possible. derrick is a first-class representative of this yurt and this program since he joined us, and we're all very proud of him. tell me what difference having coach kellogg and that coaching staff behind you meant to you? >> it was great. some of the -- the way the team responded, i thought they wasn't going to respond that way. coach kellogg, he's been great. this is definitely going to make me and him much closer. he's a wonderful coach. my teammates are rallying behind me and they were very supportive of me no matter what. the sexual orientation is going to be behind me. they know the type of player i'm