Placed eighth in the 400 IM (3:47.84) and 10th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:42.64) at the NCAA Championships Anchored UT's 400-yard freestyle relay to a fifth-place finish (2:52.09) at the NCAA Championships Also competed in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships, where he clocked 1:46.44 Recorded third-fastest 400 IM mark in school history with a time of 3:45.48 in the preliminary round at the NCAA Championships Clocked the sixth-fastest 200 backstroke mark (1:42.64) in school history at the NCAA Championships Claimed the 200 IM in 1:47.05 and the 200 backstroke in 1:44.04 at the Big 12 Championships Captured the 200 backstroke against Auburn (1:46.47), Georgia (1:48.96) and Arizona and SMU (1:46.94) Took first in the 400 IM against Arizona and SMU (3:54.89)

Earned All-America honors as part of the 800-yard freestyle relay team and the 400-yard freestyle relay team as both squads finished third at the NCAA Championships with McDermott swimming a second split time of 1:35.61 in the 800 and a second split time of 43.19 in the 400 Placed 17th in the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.38), 19th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.63) and 25th in the 200-yard individual medley (1:47.36) at the NCAA Championships Won the 200-yard individual (1:47.62) and 200-yard backstroke (1:43.14) titles and finished in second place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.83) at the Big 12 Championships Finished first in the 200-yard backstroke against Auburn with a time of 1:44.68 and took second in the 200-yard freestyle with 1:37.75. Both times met NCAA consideration qualifying standards Won the 100-yard freestyle (44.69) in dual meet against Georgia Met NCAA consideration qualifying standards in both the 500-yard freestyle (4:25.26) and the 100-yard backstroke (48.78) at the Texas Invitational Part of three squads that met NCAA consideration qualifying standards at the Texas Invitational, including the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:19.66), the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:15.24) and 800-yard freestyle relay (6:29.21) Logged three top four finishes in dual meet against Arizona, including a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.90), a third-place effort in the 200-yard freestyle (1:39.48) and a fourth-place showing in the 200-yard individual medley (1:52.45) Earned a win in the 200-yard backstroke (1:46.06) and finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.01) in dual meet against Texas A&M Won the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.62), finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (49.80) and placed third in the 200-yard individual medley (1:48.89) in dual meet with SMU Logged second-place finishes in the 100-yard backstroke (48.96) and 200-yard backstroke (1:45.35) at the dual meet with USC Second-place finisher in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 1:47.20 at the meet with California and Florida

Honorable Mention All-America in the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays Competing in his first Big 12 Conference Championships, won titles in the 400- and 800-yard freestyle relays while earning runner-up finishes in the 200-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle Took third in the 200-yard freestyle at the league meet At the Texas Invite, posted then season-best times in each of six events Individually at the Texas Invite, provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke Helped TexasÕ 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay teams provisionally qualify and turn in the top times of the season in each respective event at the Texas Invite Swam a 45.08 leadoff split in the 400-yard freestyle relay, marking a season best in the 100-yard freestyle At Florida, turned in the fastest time on the team in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:28.22) Kicked off his collegiate career by swimming the third leg on TexasÕ 400-yard freestyle relay squad that finished first at Indiana Added a runner-up finish behind teammate Nate OÕBrien in the 200-yard backstroke at Indiana Posted a third-place finish in the 200-yard back at Florida Added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard back and a third-place showing in the 200 free at Georgia Versus Arizona and SMU, clocked a third-place finish in the 200-yard back and the 200-yard free

Has qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials, Member of Circle C Swimming under the direction of head coach Randy Reese Competed in 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in 100- (29th Ð 58.07) and 200-meter backstroke (22nd Ð 2:07.09) A 2003 National Junior Team participant