AS A JUNIOR IN 2008-09: An All-Peach Belt Conference third-team selection ... Ranked third on the squad and 12th in the Peach Belt Conference in scoring at 13.5 ppg. … Ranked second on the team and eighth in the PBC in minutes played (31.23 mpg.) … Ranked second on the squad and 14th in the league in rebounding (5.9 rpg.) … Averaged 13.7 ppg., shot 51.0 percent from the field and 77.3 percent from the free-throw line in conference play … Started in all 35 games … Scored in double figures in 26 of 35 contests … Registered 20 or more points six times … Led ASU in scoring four times … Raised his scoring average to a season-high 13.6 ppg. following an 23-point effort vs. North Georgia on Feb. 21 in Christenberry Fieldhouse … Scored a season-high 25 points vs. Clayton State on Feb. 7 … Connected on a season-high nine field goals on three occasions … Drained a career-high nine free throws vs. USC Aiken on Jan. 5 … Canned a season-best three 3-pointers vs. Clayton State on Feb. 7 … Snagged a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Armstrong Atlantic State on Jan. 10 … Logged three double-doubles on the season: Jan. 5 vs. USC Aiken (19 points, 10 rebounds), Jan. 10 vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (20 points, 12 rebounds), March 7 vs. Georgia College & State in the Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinals in Aiken, S.C. (17 points, 10 rebounds) … Averaged 18.0 ppg. in the Elite Eight, shooting 58.3 percent from the field
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur, Ga., for three seasons … Played two seasons for coach Alfred Barney … Averaged 22 points and nine rebounds per game during the 2006-07 season … Earned Georgia Junior College Player-of-the-Year honors in the spring of 2007 … He led the Jaguars to a pair of GJCAA (Georgia Junior College Athletic Association) Region XVII championships and two appearances in the National Junior College National Tournament … A first-team All-State selection and a NJCAA second-team All-American.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Spencer High School in Columbus, Ga. … Played for coach George Williams … Named the Bi-City Player-of-the-Year … Voted best offensive player and team MVP … A first-team, all-region selection and a second-team, all-state selection … Helped lead Spencer to region championship and State Final Four appearance.
PERSONAL: Born May 30, 1987 in Atlantic City, N.J. … Son of Gina Gomez and Fred Brathwaite … Has two sisters – Aisha Brathwaite and Lalita Brathwaite – and one brother, AJ Gomez … Full name is Fred J. Brathwaite … Majoring in Health & Kinesiology … Nickname is Freddie B. … Enjoys cooking, rapping, playing Xbox 360, listening to Gucci Mane, studying Carmelo Anthony and texting in his spare time … Lists winning the national championship as his goal for the upcoming season and includes getting his degree and turning pro among his career goals … Considers oodles of noodles as his favorite food … Lists Carmelo Anthony as his favorite athlete … The person he admires the most is his grandmother … Lists dunking his first basketball as his greatest athletic thrill so far … Would like to switch places for a day with Carmelo Anthony … Pre-game ritual includes saying a prayer … His favorite movies are Belly and New Jack City … His favorite TV show is Martin and his favorite vacation spot is Atlantic City … Includes Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy among his favorite actors and Halle Berry as his favorite actress … Considers Gucci Mane and D Black as his favorite singers/musicians … If he could pick one person to have dinner with, he’d pick Keisha Cole … His favorite sport other than basketball is football … If he could be a character in a movie, he’d pick Ray Allen in He Got Game.
Season and Career Highs
Points
Season: 25 vs. Clayton State (02/07/09)
Career: 32 at Benedict (11/21/09)
Rebounds
Season: 17 at Benedict (11/21/09)
Career: 17 at Benedict (11/21/09)
Assists
Season: 6 twice, last vs. Columbus State (02/25/09)
Career: 6 twice, last vs. Columbus State (02/25/09)
Blocks
Season: 1, 10 times, last vs. Barton (03/15/09)
Career: 1, 10 times, last vs. Barton (03/15/09)
Steals
Season: 3 twice, last at Lander (01/14/09)
Career: 3 twice, last at Lander (01/14/09)
FG Made
Season: 9 4 times, last vs. Cal Poly Pomona (03/26/09)
Career: 9 4 times, last vs. Cal Poly Pomona (03/26/09)
3FG Made
Season: 3 vs. Clayton State (02/07/09)
Career: 3 vs. Clayton State (02/07/09)
FT Made
Season: 9 vs. USC Aiken (01/05/09)
Career: 9 vs. USC Aiken (01/05/09)
Minutes
Season: 39 twice, last vs. Cal Poly Pomona (03/26/09)
Career: 39 twice, last vs. Cal Poly Pomona (03/26/09)
