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2002 – Started 10 games in the designated hitter slot . . . Collected a pinch hit two-run single for the game-winning RBI in game three against Penn State
2001 - Back-up catcher started 19 games, three at catcher and 16 as the designated hitter . . . Appeared in 31 games . . . Raised average 137 points over the last three weeks of the season . . . In that span hit .452 (14-for-31) with four doubles and a home run . . . Hit .232 with four doubles and a home run in 69 at bats . . . Enjoyed best game of his career against Purdue at the Big Ten Tournament, going 3-for-4 with two doubles . . . Followed that up with a 2-for-3, four RBI performance in the next game against Minnesota . . . Hit his first career home run against the Gophers at the tournament . . . Collected first career double against Indiana; hit .333 against the Hoosiers with two doubles . . . Got game-winning RBI with a run-scoring single in game three at Michigan . . . Hit a team-high .500 at Michigan with two RBI . . . Caught final game of Purdue series . . . Scored game-winning run on a Brady Ballard single in game one against Indiana . . . Seven of his 11 RBI (64 percent) came with two outs . . . First career hit came on March 16 against nationally-ranked Notre Dame at the Pepsi/Johnny Quik Fresno State Classic in front of family and friends in California.
2000 - Redshirt season.
High School - Lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Fremont High School and in baseball at Valley Christian . . . A two-time all-league selection . . . Junior team finished 27-3-1 and ranked No. 10 in California and No. 2 in Division IV . . . Received KICU Channel 36 “High School Sports Focus” scholar-athlete award as a junior.
Personal - Parents are Dave and Mary Carole Frederickson . . . Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences . . . Lists biggest thrill in sports as hitting a two-run home run to win a playoff game . . . Favorite athlete is Cal Ripken because he “overcomes all obstacles to play for the love of the game” . . . Both parents are Illinois alums . . . Lists his father as the biggest influence on his athletic career because he coached him in his Little League years.
