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CJ Fredrick (born July 10, 1999) is an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

CJ Fredrick

Fredrick (left) with Iowa in 2021
No. 1 – Kentucky Wildcats
Position	Shooting guard
League	Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born	(1999-07-10) July 10, 1999 (age 23) Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school	Covington Catholic (Park Hills, Kentucky)
College	Iowa (2019–2021) Kentucky (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2020)

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] He is expected to be back sometime during of the summer of 2022. On April 16, 2022, Fredrick announced that he would return to Kentucky for the 2022-23 season.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games 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

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018–19	Iowa	Redshirt
2019–20	Iowa	25	25	28.7	.483	.461	.795	1.9	2.8	.7	.2	10.2
2020–21	Iowa	27	27	24.7	.474	.474	.676	1.1	1.9	.4	.1	7.5
Career		52	52	26.6	.479	.466	.744	1.5	2.3	.5	.2	8.8

References

External links

• Kentucky Wildcats bio
• Iowa Hawkeyes bio

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