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Position: SG
Height: 6’4”
Weight: 170 lbs
Composite Ranking: 3-Star
Hometown: Alexandria, Kentucky
Commitment Date: 8/5/2017
Commitment Article: Have a Seat, CJ Fredrick
After committing to play for Fran McCaffery and the Iowa Hawkeyes as a walk-on, CJ Fredrick, a 6’4” sharp-shooting guard from Alexandria, Kentucky, was offered the scholarship previously occupied by Christian Williams. When Williams announced his decision to leave the program only days before the first exhibition game of the season, the door was opened for Fredrick to become a scholarship athlete. He made things official today signing a national letter of intent to play as a scholarship player for the Hawkeyes in the class of 2018.
Welcome to the Hawkeye family, @cj_fredrick! #Hawkeyes #SigningDay pic.twitter.com/6kAKkIpigg
— Iowa Basketball (@IowaHoops) November 8, 2017
Fredrick is a good sized guard at 6’4”, though not as tall as his classmate and fellow shooting guard Joe Wieskamp, who signed earlier today. His specialty is the long ball and he can really stroke it from deep. Since committing to the Hawkeyes back in August, he’s been upgraded to a 3-star recruit and is the number 3 recruit overall in the state of Kentucky according to 247 Sports.
As a shooting specialist, Fredrick isn’t a guy who attacks the paint, but he is a capable ball handler with enough athleticism to fit in defensively for the Hawkeyes. Iowa fans should expect him to fill the role previously held by guys like Brady Ellingson and Josh Oglesby. In his junior season, he averaged 21 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.
A prep at Covington Catholic High School, just across the river from Cincinnati, Fredrick’s family has a long relationship with the McCaffery family dating back to his time at Notre Dame. Fredrick initially chose to take a walk-on spot with Iowa over offers from Indiana, Xavier, Penn State, Nebraska and others according to various sites.
With the addition of both Fredrick and Wieskamp, the Hawkeyes are full in the class of 2018. Here’s a look at how the scholarship distribution shakes out.
Iowa Basketball Scholarship Distribution Chart
| POS | SR | JR | SO | FR | Total | 2018 COMMITS | 2019 COMMITS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS | SR | JR | SO | FR | Total | 2018 COMMITS | 2019 COMMITS |
| PG | -- | JORDAN BOHANNON | CONNOR MCCAFFERY** | 2 | |||
| SG | -- | BRADY ELLINGSON* | ISAIAH MOSS* MAISHE DAILEY | -- | 3 | JOE WIESKAMP CJ FREDRICK | |
| SF | DOM UHL | NICHOLAS BAER | CORDELL PEMSL | -- | 3 | PAT MCCAFFERY | |
| PF | -- | AHMAD WAGNER | TYLER COOK | JACK NUNGE | 3 | ||
| C | -- | -- | RYAN KRIENER | LUKA GARZA | 2 | ||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Fredrick becomes the first player from the state of Kentucky for the Hawkeyes. The core of the roster is from Iowa, but recent additions have come from nearby midwest states such as Missouri (Tyler Cook), Indiana (Jack Nunge) and Illinois (Isaiah Moss) as well as further away. Guys like Fredrick and big man Luka Garza (Washington, D.C.) show this staff’s growing ability to land guys form outside the footprint.
Welcome aboard, officially, Mr. Fredrick!