Coaching: Interned with UIC Strength and Conditioning Staff for one and a half years. At UIC Joey worked closely with the University’s head strength and conditioning coach Nick Zostautas. Nick is a very well decorated strength coach with 15+ years in the industry. Joey spent the majority of his time working with the Track & Field team, Baseball, Softball, and Men’s Soccer. Logging over 600+ hours as a coach. Not to mention all the hours spent training as an athlete throughout the years. Coach Joey is certified through Westside Barbell’s Conjugate Tactical I & II course. Also being the head strength coach at Kinetic Strength & Conditioning, Joey also acts as Lincoln Way Central Baseball’s Head Strength & Performance coach.
2019: All-Horizon League Second Team … Has made 15 appearances, all starts … Ranked fourth in conference with 84.2 innings pitched … Led team with 2.02 walks per 9.0IP … Issued only 19 walks in 15 starts, and never more than three in any outing … Posted six quality starts … Started final collegiate contest at NCAA Louisville Regional against Indiana (June 1) … Struck out five in 5.0 IP to collect sixth win of season at Northern Kentucky (May 17) … Allowed only one earned run and threw season-high 105 pitches over 7.1 IP against Youngstown State (May 11) … Tallied career-high six strikeouts in 4.2 IP at SIUE (March 2) … Threw career-high 8.0 IP and allowed only two runs on five hits to help Flames knock off Texas A&M (Feb. 24) … Earned Horizon League Pitcher of the Week honors for effort at TAMU (Feb. 25) … Made first start for UIC at Georgia State (Feb. 16) … Graduated with a degree in Kinesiology: Exercise Science & Health Promotion in May.
2018: Made 11 appearances out of the bullpen … Posted 2-0 record with 4.00 ERA in 18.0 innings pitched … Recorded 15 strikeouts and issued only four walks … Threw two scoreless innings in Horizon League Championship game against Wright State (May 25) … Registered three strikeouts in 1.1 IP against Viterbo (April 17) … Tossed season-high 3.1 scoreless IP with three strikeouts at Northern Illinois (April 10) … Collected second win in as many outings with 2.1 scoreless IP against Prairie View A&M (Feb. 18) … Struck out two … Made UIC debut at Andre Dawson Classic and picked up a win with 1.1 innings of relief against Southern (Feb. 17).
2017: Received a medical redshirt … Did not appear in a game … Retains two seasons of eligibility at UIC.
PRIOR TO UIC: Attended Black Hawk College in Moline, Ill. … Won sectional championship and placed third at Regionals in 2015 … Named Arrowhead Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2016 … Earned Academic All-Conference Award as a Black Hawk sophomore.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Lettered all four years in baseball and two years in swimming at Lincoln-Way North High School … Helped Lincoln-Way North to a regional championship in 2014 … Son of Wendy and Jim Fredrickson … Both parents are former gymnasts at UIC … Has two siblings, Bryce and Victor… Majoring in Kinesiology: Exercise Science & Health Promotion at UIC.