Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Derksen akanga ari tarisiro yakakwirira zvikuru mubasa rake duku. Pasinei nenhamba dzisina kunaka neWinkler Flyers, Derksen akatumidzwa kaviri semuchengeti wepagedhi akanakisa muMJHL. Akasarudzwa mumutambo wechitatu we
NHL Draft ndokutanga kupinda University of Wisconsin-Madison kuti kuwa. Mumwaka wake wekutanga, Derksen akashanda se backup kune ramangwana NHL All-Star Curtis Joseph, achitamba muchikamu chechina chemitambo yeWisconsin. Pashure pokunge Joseph ava nyanzvi pashure pa1989, chikwata chakatendeukira kuna Derksen somutambi anotanga uye akabudirira zvikuru. Akavandudza manhamba ake zvakanyanya uye akahwina chirongwa rekodhi 31 mitambo mwaka iwoyo (ichiri Wisconsin rekodhi sa2021). Derksen akabatsira zvikuru mukubatsira maBadgers kuti apedze ari wekutanga muWCHA uye aive muchengeti wepamusoro sezvo Wisconsin yakakunda mutambo wavo wekokorodzano. Wisconsin yakagamuchira rudzi rwechipiri rwekumadokero uye yakatanga NCAA Tournament mu quarterfinals. Derksen akanga ari kiyi muBadgers kukunda mitambo miviri yakaoma, kunyanya semifinal yenyika inopesana neBoston College, uye yakaita mutambo wemakwikwi. Derksen akanga asina kupinza mumutambo wokupedzisira asi akanga asingafaniri kudaro. Kurwisa kweWisconsin kwakakunda Colgate Raiders ine nyeredzi uye maBadgers akakunda mutambo uyu nyore 7<unk>3.