CJ Fredrick

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CJ Fredrick
CJFrederick vsAuburn 2.25.23.jpg
Fredrick with Kentucky in 2023
No. 5–Cincinnati Bearcats
Position Shooting guard
League Big 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 24)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Covington Catholic
(Park Hills, Kentucky)
College
Career highlights and awards

CJ Fredrick (born July 10, 1999) is an American college basketball player for the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Kentucky Wildcats.

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High school career

Fredrick played basketball for Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky. As a senior, he was named Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year. [1] He led his team to a state championship and set program single-season records with 900 points and 107 three-pointers. [2] [3] Fredrick committed to playing college basketball for Iowa over offers from Butler, Indiana and Xavier. [4]

College career

Fredrick redshirted his freshman year after sustaining a rib injury in practice. As a freshman at Iowa, Fredrick averaged 10.2 points and 2.8 assists per game, earning Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors. After the season, he underwent surgery for a stress fracture in his right foot. [5] As a sophomore, he averaged 7.5 points per game, playing through a lingering foot injury for much of the season. Fredrick was named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by the media. [6] On May 5, 2021, he transferred to Kentucky. [7] However, he suffered a hamstring injury during warmups for Kentucky's season opener against Duke, after having had to rehabilitate an earlier injury to the same leg during the offseason and preseason. [8] Fredrick had surgery to repair his hamstring during the week of November 13 and missed the entire 2021–22 season. [9] On April 16, 2022, Fredrick announced that he would return to Kentucky for the 2022-23 season.

On April 24, 2023 Fredrick announced that he would transfer to Cincinnati for the 2023-24 season. [10]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2018–19 Iowa Redshirt.svg Redshirt
2019–20 Iowa 252528.7.483.461.7951.92.80.70.210.2
2020–21 Iowa 272724.7.474.474.6761.11.90.40.17.5
2021–22 Kentucky Redshirt.svg Medical Redshirt
2022–23 Kentucky 271522.2.351.318.9170.81.50.50.06.1
2023–24 Cincinnati 151020.6.417.426.7271.01.50.20.16.1
Career947724.4.435.413.7791.22.00.50.17.6

Personal life

He is engaged to former Kentucky women's basketball player Blair Green.

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References

  1. ↑ Weber, James (March 8, 2018). "Covington Catholic senior CJ Fredrick named Gatorade Player of the Year". The Cincinnati Enquirer . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ Weber, James (July 9, 2020). "Covington Catholic grad CJ Fredrick optimistic about new season with Iowa basketball". The Cincinnati Enquirer . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ Tipton, Jerry (May 18, 2021). "CJ Fredrick expects success at Kentucky: 'I think this team this year, everyone fits'". Lexington Herald-Leader . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ "CovCath senior wing C.J. Fredrick commits to Iowa". WKRC-TV . August 5, 2017. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ Emmert, Mark (July 15, 2020). "Iowa shooting guard CJ Fredrick will take 6 weeks off after surgery on right foot". Hawk Central. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ Fisher, Chris (April 19, 2021). "Iowa sharpshooter and Kentucky product CJ Fredrick to transfer". 247Sports . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Former Iowa guard CJ Fredrick transfers to Kentucky". The Athletic . May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  8. ↑ Geoghegan, Zack (November 13, 2021). "Kentucky players react to CJ Fredrick's season-ending injury: "It sucks"". Kentucky Sports Radio. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  9. ↑ "CJ Fredrick to Undergo Surgery, Likely to Miss 2021-22 Season" (Press release). Kentucky Wildcats. November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ Fredrick, CJ [@cj_fredrick] (April 24, 2023). "Excited for this next step in my journey! I'm all in! Go Bearcats❤️" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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