High School: The Conference Player of the Year...Third All-Time scorer at Laney with 1,299 points...All-Eastern Regional in 1999 and All-Conference in 1998....Averaged 20.4 Points and 5.1 assists per game...Scored 33 points in the 1999 North Carolina State Championship game against West Charlotte...Scored 31 points against Pine Forest in 1998 sectional finals...Scholar student and member of the National Honor Society....Cousin of Yuri Barnes who played at Virginia and Donna Atkinson who played at Vanderbilt.
PERSONAL:
- Full Name: Darren Tyrone Dickerson
- Birthdate: July 21, 1982
- Parents: Cedric & Mary Dickerson
- Brother: Marques (20)
- High School: E.A. Laney
- High School Coach: James Bloodworth/Fred Lynch
- Nickname: Double D
- Dream Vacation: Hawaii
- Favorite Sports Personality: Dick Vitale
- Person in History would most like to meet: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Most Impressive Person ever met: Mother
- Favorite Book: Street Car Named Desire