2009-10 • FRESHMAN Frazier quickly became an integral part of the Nittany Lion rotation playing in all 31 games and making his first career start in the fifth game of the season vs. Davidson (11/22)…he started 10 games overall on the year, including eight straight during the non-conference season, while playing 18.4 minutes per game…he finished second on the team with 23 steals and 73 assists and had a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio for the year…averaged 5.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game…posted his first career points in the Lions’ second game of the season vs. Robert Morris (11/16) and went on to post a season high 19 points on 4-of-5 shooting from three while running the point-guard position for 30 minutes…posted three double-digit scoring games on the year including 18 points on 4-of-8 from the floor and 8-of-9 from the line with seven assists in a victory over Gardner-Webb (12/19) and 11 points and a season high five assists in a 69-66 victory at Virginia (11/30)...spurred a 13-2 Penn State run to start the second half in that victory…led the team in assists eight times and in steals seven…posted six games with five or more assists…had a season high five boards in three games…scored nine points on 4-of-4 from the floor in just 11 minutes of a 79-60 victory over Northwestern (2/28)…averaged nearly eight points a game in three games at the Charleston Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL Frazier averaged 15.5 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.6 steals per game in leading Strake Jesuit to a 37-1 record in his senior campaign…led Strake to the state semifinals, becoming the first private school to advance that far...he was named the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2009 out of Texas by the TexasHoops.com…ranked No. 13 among point-guards in the class of 2009 by ESPN and given an overall grade of 89, which ranked among the top 115 prospects nationally by ESPN…led the Crusaders to two district titles and was named MVP and AllGreater Houston Player-of-the-Year his senior season...Rated a three star recruit by the Rivals national recruiting service…A four-year starter and three-year captain...averaged 11.5 points and 5.5 rebounds a game as a junior and was selected the District 17-5A Defensive Player-ofthe-Year after posting 98 steals, an average of three per game…helped his Strake team to a 27-7 mark while scoring more than 20 points in four games and posting double-digit rebounds in five…the second leading scorer on the team behind 6-5 senior forward Joey Brooks who signed to play at Notre Dame…played on the Houston Elite AAU team that produced Bradley University players Anthony Thompson, Eddren McCain and Chris Roberts...also lettered in football and track...Graduated Cum Laude.
ONLY Division i PLAYER Tim FRazier was THE ONLY player in NCAA division I to average at least 17 points and six assists per game in 2011-12.
RISING TO COMPETITION Tim FRazier exceeded his season scoring average 13 times in Big Ten games in 201112 and averaged 21.0 ppg while shooting 46 percent in Big Ten road games.
PERSONAL Born on Nov. 1, 1990 in Houston, Texas...the son of Billy and Janice Frazier...has an older brother, William, and sister, Krystal...Krystal was an All-Conference USA selection, averaging better than 13 ppg at Rice and also earned National Cheerleader Association All-America honors four times as captain of her nationally competitive high school cheerleading team...a two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection on schedule to graduate in May...has over a 3.1 grade-point average in supply chain and information systems in the Smeal College of Business...an outstanding member of the Penn State campus community regularly participating in campus events and fund raisers...serves as the basketball teams representative to the Penn State Student Athlete Advisory Board and has been active in the Athletic Director’s Leadership Institute at Penn State the last three years. PENN STATE BASKETBALL ˜ 51