I watched Okawville's games yesterday and today, and Noah Frederking is a nice Class 1A player and he kept his team in the game, though they lost.
And I am reluctant to say anything negative, but I am not sure what Marty Simmons saw that lead him to offer a scholarship at Evansville.
The kid would probably have trouble finding playing time on the top Class 3A or 4A teams in the state. He is not a point guard at all, and rarely handles the ball. He plays more of a power forward position for his team, which won't work in D1 (he is maybe 6'4" at most). And, there isn't any way he wiil be able to defend D1 shooting guards or forwards. I saw Marty Simmons in high school and college, and he was way more dominant and a scoring machine. There is no comparison.
I'd be surprised if Frederking doesn't redshirt next season, and he'll probably eventually play below D1 level.
By the way- here is some trivia- in looking up Marty Simmon's scoring average his senior year at Lawrenceville (31.9 ppg).
I was reminded that 3 of the top 10 high school single-season scorers in IHSA history played for Bradley.
Does anyone know what players had the top 2 all-time single-season scoring averages? They both played their entire college careers at Bradley.
And as noted, 3 of the top 10 highest single-season scoring averages were by players who played for Bradley.
The first 2 are easy. Anyone know who the 3rd one was?
Hint: he was not much of a scorer for Bradley. He scored only a total of 106 points in 2 seasons as a Brave.
Answers are right below in white text so they are not visible, but use cursor to highlight--->
Highest Scoring Average, Season
[1.] 47.6, Voise Winters, Chicago (Gage Park), 1981 (1048 points, 22 games)
[2.] 43.5, Mitch Anderson, Chicago (Metro), 1977-78 (958 points, 22 games)
[3.] 37.55, Ron Zagar, DePue, 1956-1957, (27 games 1014 points)
[4.] 36.4, Pierre Pierce, Westmont, 2000-2001 (1,164 points, 32 games)
[5.] 35.7, Jim Kinney, Magnolia (Swaney), 1957
[6.] 34.9, Dennis Shidler, Lawrenceville, 1969-70 (978 points, 28 games)
[7.] 33.8, Luke Williams, Hume (Shiloh), 1997 (913 pts, 27 games)
[8.] 33.6, Greg Starrick, Marion (H.S.), 1966-67
[9.] 33.2, Melvin Harden, Aurora (East), 1979-80 (931 points, 28 games)
[10.] 32.6, Jay Shidler, Lawrenceville, 1976 (1013 points, 31 games)
[11.] 32.3, Dennis Radabaugh, Savanna, 1960-61 (872 pts., 27 ga.)
[12.] 32.2, Mike Duff, Eldorado, 1977 (1097 points, 34 games)
[13.] 31.9, Marty Simmons, Lawrenceville, 1983 (1087 points, 34 games)
[14.] 31.8, Dan Imming, Aviston, 1968-69 (797 pts., 25 games)
[15.] 31.2, Dennis Luber, Highland (St. Paul), 1978 (811 points, 26 games)
[16.] 31.0, John Martin, Pawnee, 1974-75
[17.] 30.9, Greg Cruse, Goreville, 1970-74 (712 points in 23 games)
[18.] 30.8, Will Watson, Tremont, 1963-64 (27 games, 831 points)
[18.] 30.8, John Garrett, Patoka, 1967-68 (769 pts., 25 games)
[20.] 30.3, Kevin Kreiter, Brimfield, 1981-82 (820 points, 27 games)
