By Terry Boehmker
NKyTribune sports reporter
CovCath senior guard C.J. Fredrick has been named Player of the Year in Kentucky boys high school basketball by the Gatorade Company.
C.J. Fredrick
Each year, the company selects a top player in each state based on athletic excellence, academic achievement and extra curricular activities. Fredrick is the first CovCath basketball player to attain the Kentucky award and is now a finalist for national Player of the Year that will be announced later this month.
The 6-foot-4, 180-pound senior guard is averaging 22.5 points, 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 steals for the Colonels, who have a 31-4 record going into next week’s state tournament. He already set a school single-season scoring record with 789 points and he has 1,530 points over his three-year varsity career.
Fredrick, a University of Iowa recruit, is among the finalists for Mr. Kentucky Basketball this season. He has maintained a 3.15 grade point average while doing volunteer work at a soup kitchen and youth basketball league.
As winner of the Gatorade state award, he’ll be asked to select a national or local youth sports organization to receive a $1,000 grant as part of the Gatorade Play It Forward program.
