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CJ

CJ Fredrick

Redshirt Senior Guard • 6-3 / 185 HOMETOWN : Cincinnati , OH PREVIOUS SCHOOL : Iowa HIGH SCHOOL : Covington Catholic

PERSONAL
Born July 10 in Cincinnati … Parents are Chuck and Laura Fredrick … Has a sister , Julia … Chose Kentucky over North Carolina , Kansas and Gonzaga … Major is community and leadership development … Comes from a family of athletes … Father played basketball at Rollins College … An uncle , Joe , played basketball at Notre Dame … An aunt , Maureen , played basketball at Xavier … Grandfather , Charlie , played football at Notre Dame … An uncle , Jerry , and grandfather , Reno Masotti , played baseball at Northwestern … Plays video games or cards , hangs with friends or watches Netflix away from the court … Favorite food is Skyline … Off the court talents includes board games and puzzles … Prays before every game … Lil Baby or Drake is on his pregame set list … First car he ever drove was a Jeep Wrangler … Lists Wedding Crashers as his favorite movie … His most memorable moment as a basketball player is winning the 2018 Kentucky High School Athletic Association state championship in Rupp Arena .
2021-22 Missed the entire 2021- 22 season after undergoing surgery in mid-November to repair a left hamstring injury … Before the injury ,
was entering the season as the nation ’ s leading returner in career 3-point field-goal percentage ( 46.6 %) with a minimum of 150 attempts … Won the 2021 Big Blue
Madness 3-point contest .
2020-21 ( at Iowa )
Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention by the league ’ s media … Earned the Iowa Men ’ s Basketball Big Ten Sportsmanship Award … Started all 27 games he appeared in … Missed four games due to injury … Averaged 7.5 points and 1.9 assists per game … Posted six double-figure scoring efforts … Made three or more 3s in six games … Shot 47.4 % from 3 , which ranked as the second-best clip by a sophomore in program history … Posted a 5.2 assistto-turnover ratio … Tallied 18 points in a win over Penn State … Scored 19 points in a win over Northwestern … Poured in a career-high 23 points with five 3s at Minnesota … Recorded 21 points and a career-hightying five 3-pointers in a win over North Carolina .
2019-20 ( at Iowa )
Named to the All-Big Ten Freshman Team … Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors on Jan . 20 … Saw action in 25 games … One of only three players nationally and the only player from a major conference dating back to
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