UC Santa Barbara
2019: Played in 19 matches and 68 sets as a junior opposite … Fourth on the team with a triple career-high of 147 kills, 106 digs, and 59 total blocks … Racked up another career-high with 14 service aces … Had seven double-digit kill matches … Secured three double-double matches in kills and digs … Rattled off an impressive season-high 17 kills and 10 digs in a thrilling five-set match vs. Long Beach State (Mar. 14) … Tallied a 15 kill and season-best 13 dig match vs. UC Irvine on Apr. 12 … Was third with 11 kills in any player in the thrilling five-set victory vs. CSUN (Mar. 30) and ended the long and exciting third set with a service ace at 32-30.
2018: Appeared in 11 matches and 34 sets as a sophomore opposite … Totaled 53 kills (1.56 kills per set), 45 digs (1.32 digs per set), 18 total blocks (0.53 blocks per set) and eight service aces … Started in eight of the 11 matches in which he appeared … Logged a season-high nine kills to go with seven digs in the regular season finale at UC Irvine (Apr. 14) … Recorded a season-high five total blocks with seven kills and five digs in a five-set thrilling victory vs. UC Irvine on Apr. 12 … Had eight kills and a season-best 10 digs against Saint Francis (Jan. 5) during the Asics Invitational … Tallied a pair of service aces in the season-opener against NJIT (Jan. 4) and again vs. UCI on Apr. 12.
2017: As a true freshman, saw action in 10 matches and 24 sets ... Finished the year with 37 kills (1.54 per set) on .122 hitting with 20 digs (0.83), 16 blocks (0.67), and two aces ... Drew starts in seven matches ... Best match of the season came on Mar. 3 at Penn State, as he landed a season-high 12 kills on .269 hitting with three blocks ... Had nine kills and three blocks against Harvard on Mar. 13.
Club/High School
Played high school volleyball at Valley Christian High School in Cerritos, Calif. under head coaches Jason Kwak and Alex Kang ... Okayed middle blocker and opposite for the Crusaders ... Earned three varsity letters ... Was a First Team All-Olympic League choice in his junior and senior seasons ... Named the Olympic League Defensive MVP in 2016 ... VCHS won the 2016 CIF Southern Section Div. 3 Championship ... Fredrick had 16 kills, nine digs, and six blocks in the title match, a come-from-behind five-set win over Cathedral ... Crusaders also won Olympic League title in his senior year ... Made it to the CIF Playoffs in his sophomore and junior years as well ... Was a member of the National Honors Society in all four of his high school years ... Played club with Highline for his age 16 and 17 years, finished with Dynamic for his age 18 season.
Personal
Spencer Elijah Fredrick was born on Aug. 18, 1998 in Bellflower, Calif. to parents William and Tashanda ... Has one younger sister, Charliese ... Plans on majoring in history at UCSB ... Aspires to become a history professor or politician ... Goes by the nickname "Spence" ... Roots for the Los Angeles Lakers and Pittsburgh Steelers ... Favorite movies include Where the Wild Things Are and Dead Poets Society ... Likes to read the Series of Unfortunate Events novels ... Lists Lemony Snickett and Michael O'Brien as his favorite writers ... Lists to Kid Cudi, Sade, and Christine and the Queens ... In his free time, likes to take naps and play bass ... Cites Derrick Rose, Troy Polamalo, and Wifredo Leon Venero as some of his favorite athletes ... Dexter, The Boondocks, and 24 are some of his favorite TV shows.
