CJ Fredrick

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.

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. He led his team to a state championship and set program single-season records with 900 points and 107 three-pointers. Fredrick committed to playing college basketball for Iowa over offers from Butler, Indiana and Xavier.

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. 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. On May 5, 2021, he transferred to Kentucky. 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. Fredrick had surgery to repair his hamstring during the week of November 13 and missed the entire 2021–22 season. 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.

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