32  Kenny Frease
	Class: Senior Hometown: Massillon, Ohio High School: Perry Height / Weight: 7-0 / 275 Position: Center Birthdate: 10/18/1989

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2011-12: Selected to the 2011-12 preseason All-Atlantic 10 Conference Second Team.

AS A JUNIOR: 2010-11 All-Atlantic 10 Conference Honorable Mention selection by the A-10 coaches...averaged 11.7 ppg. (third on the team) and 7.1 rpg. (second on the team and 10th in the Atlantic 10)...had six double-doubles as a junior, including against Wofford, Butler and Wake Forest and at Duquesne, Saint Joseph's and Saint Louis...scored a career-high 22 points to go with 14 rebounds in the Wake Forest win on Dec. 18, which followed on the heels of his team-high 12-point, 10-rebound game in the win over Butler on Dec. 9...grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds in the Wofford win on Nov. 27 to go with 12 points and four blocked shots...had 10 points and 12 rebounds at Saint Louis on March 5 and back-to-back double-doubles with 12 points and 12 rebounds at Duquesne on Feb. 13 and 17 points and 10 rebounds at Saint Joseph's on Feb. 16...ranked second in the Atlantic 10 in field goal percentage at 54.9 percent, including an 8-of-10 effort at Richmond on Jan. 29 on his way to 19 points...scored in double figures in 15 of the last 18 games and 23 times for the season...XU was 19-4 when Frease reached double figures, including a streak of 14 straight wins that was snapped against Marquette...had 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting against Dayton on Jan. 15...hit 7-of-8 from the field in a 17-point, nine-rebound game on Dec. 28 against Albany and 7-of-11 in a 16-point, seven rebound game against Florida on Dec. 31...scored 10 points against Old Dominion, including eight in the first half before having to sit with foul trouble...scored 14 points, including 12 in the second half, to go with seven rebounds against Western Michigan...lost about 25 pounds following his sophomore season...better conditioning allowed him to raise his minutes played from 16.3 per game in 2009-10 to 28.5 per game in 2010-11.

2009-10:Scored 12 points on 4-of-5 shooting from the field at Florida on Feb. 13...grabbed nine rebounds against Saint Joseph's on Feb. 17...recorded the first double-double of his career in the win over Duquesne on Jan. 28; came off the bench to score 13 points and grab a career-high tying 12 rebounds in the Duquesne victory on Jan. 28...he followed that up with 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting to go with eight rebounds against Fordham on Jan. 31...in his first collegiate start against LSU on Dec. 29, he grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds...marked his second straight game with a career high, having grabbed 11 rebounds versus Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 23...fourth on the team in rebounding at 4.3 rpg. in 16.3 minutes per game...hit 6-of-9 versus Butler on his way to 12 points...scored 14 points against Sacred Heart on Nov. 21, including 12 in the second half...contributed nine points and five rebounds against Cincinnati...on defense, he blocked three shots versus Cincinnati, Dayton and Bowling Green.

2008-09...THE FREASE IS ON: Led the team in blocked shots at 1.26 per game (10th in the Atlantic 10), including a career-high five blocks in the Pittsburgh game...grabbed 3.8 rebounds per game while playing 14.5 minutes per game...played well off the bench against Wisconsin, hitting all three of his shots from the field on his way to seven points, four rebounds and two blocks in 18 minutes...had eight points, seven rebounds and three blocks in just 17 minutes against Dayton on March 5...had his best offensive game of the season with a career-high 17 points against Charlotte on Jan. 28 on 7-of-9 shooting from the field...had arguably his best overall game of the season at Virginia with career highs of 13 points and eight rebounds...scored 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting in just 16 minutes of action at LSU...has grabbed seven rebounds four times, including against Auburn and in the Atlantic 10 Tournament against Saint Louis...enjoyed a solid game against Butler, scoring eight points to go with five rebounds, while hitting all four of his shots from the field...had an impressive debut against IPFW with 12 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and two assists...contributed nine points, five rebounds and two blocks in the Virginia Tech win, including the two free throws that tied the game to send it to overtime...on the defensive side, he blocked at least two shots in 15 different games, including against Wisconsin, Temple, UMass, both Saint Louis games and three blocks against Dayton on March 5...he had a career-high five blocks in the Pittsburgh game in the NCAA Tournament East Regional Semifinal.

ATLANTIC 10 CONFERENCE ROOKIE HONORS: Named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Week in late January (1-25-09), the first XU player to win that award since Stanley Burrell in the 2004-05 season...scored 12 points on 6-of-8 shooting in just 16 minutes of action on January 24 in Xavier's 80-70 victory at LSU...in three wins (La Salle, at St. Bonaventure and at LSU), Frease averaged 8.7 points and 3.3 rebounds in just 14.0 minutes per game, while shooting 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the field.

TOUGH AS NAILS IS A FAMILIAR THEME: Frease's "tough as nails" efforts comes as no surprise to those who know his background. Shortly before his Massillon Perry High School graduation this spring, Frease volunteered to lie on a bed of nails for a science experiment. Amazingly, thanks to the laws of physics the 7-0 center did not incur any bodily harm. In fact, Frease commented that he was a little nervous at first but it didn't really hurt.

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS:Played with the 12-member USA Elite National U19 Team in tournament action against seven other countries in Douai, France, in June of 2008...the only member of the U.S. squad to earn a spot on the five-member All-Tournament Team.

AT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter at Perry who finished his career second in school history in scoring and first in both rebounding and blocked shots...averaged 20.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 3.7 blocked shots and 1.8 steals as a senior while being named First Team All-State, District 4 Player of the Year, First Team and Co-Player of the Year for the Northeast Inland District, First Team and Federal League Player of the Year and Academic All-Ohio...shot 60 percent from the field, including 66 percent inside the three-point arc...led Perry High to a 19-3 record, the Federal League Championship and a second straight district final appearance...posted a triple-double in a win over Youngstown Cardinal Mooney with 29 points, 17 rebounds and a school-record 11 blocked shots...recorded a dominating performance in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game in April in Columbus, contributing 28 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks...listed as a high honorable mention prep All-American in the 2007-08 Sporting News preseason basketball magazine and was No. 42 in the final Rivals.com rankings...basketball coach: Rob Toth.

PERSONAL: A business marketing major...born Oct. 18, 1989 in Canton, Ohio...parents are Kenneth Frease Jr. and Margaret Frease...Margaret (Porter) Frease was a four-year letterwinner at Youngstown State from 1981-85, averaging 7.1 ppg. and 4.9 rpg. as a senior starting center in the 1984-85 season, helping YSU finish 14-13.

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