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One of the fastest and quickest players in the Big Ten and possessing a team-best 34-inch vertical, Frazier's blazing end-to-end speed and athleticism were on full display in a 22-point, eight-rebound, six-assist performance as Penn State ran past Michigan State to reach the Big Ten Tournament Championship game in Indianapolis last season. The wiry and explosive Frazier was instrumental in the Lions' run to the 2011 NCAA Tournament as he averaged 10 points, 5.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game over Penn State's final 11 games of the 2010-11 campaign while also serving as the team's top defensive stopper. With the graduation of four senior starters, including backcourt running mate Talor Battle, who left as the school's all-time leading scorer, Frazier has embraced the mantle of leadership as the Lions' lone returning starter and a veteran of every Penn State game over the last two seasons. The Academic All-Big Ten honoree owns better than a 3.2 grade-point average in supply chain and information systems management.
"Tim is the fastest player I have ever coached and I have coached some fast players. He's faster than Kyle Lowry (Villanova) who's in the NBA now. He has to be a scoring point guard but he is also going to have to get some guys like Cam and Billy some open shots too. He is going to be our captain and we are going to have to push the ball because that is our strength and to not do so would be taking away from his strength."
- Patrick Chambers
2010-11 • Sophomore
Frazier emerged as a playmaker and scorer ranking third in Big Ten games posting 5.5 assists per contest and second with a 2.36 assist-to-turnover ratio...started 33 contests on the year and played in all 34 averaging 30.8 minutes per game and posting 6.3 ppg, 5.1 apg and 3.9 rpg on the season...173 assists on the year rank as the fifth-most in Penn State history and he led the team with 35 steals...posted seven double-digit scoring outings on the year, all after January 1, and emerged as a potent force in the Lions' run to the Big Ten Tournament Championship game and the NCAA Tournament, posting 10 ppg, 5.9 apg and 4.6 rpg over the final 11 contests...posted six or more assists in 14 games, including a career-high 10 to go along with 10 points for his first career double-double in a victory at Northwestern (2/24)...posted 15 points, seven assists and five rebounds in the Lions' 66-64 NCAA Tournament loss to Temple (3/17)...was stellar with a career-high 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting to go with a career-best eight rebounds and six assists in 39 minutes of a 61-48 victory over Michigan State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (3/12)...posted 12 points on 2-of-2 from three and 5-of-7 overall and six rebounds in a loss at Wisconsin (2/20)...had 12 points, on a career best 10-of-13 from the foul line, and seven assists in a victory over Northwestern (2/13) and 12 points and team-high seven boards in a loss at Illinois (2/1)...posted 11 points, six rebounds and five assists at No. 2 Ohio State (1/15)...became the team's defensive stopper...held No. 16 Illinois' leading scorer Demetri McCamey to 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting and added a career-best eight rebounds, two steals and four assists in a 57-55 upset win...developed his offensive repertoire over the summer drilling with Nittany Lion great Joe Crispin, the Lions' third all-time career scorer...earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
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...posted a team-high 34-inch vertical and 10.3 second lane agility time in pre-season workouts, equaling the 2009 NBA Combine best in vertical jump and bettering the Combine's best lane agility time of 10.44.
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 semi-finals, becoming the first private school to reach 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, 2009 prospects nationally by ESPN...led the Crusaders to two district titles and was named MVP and All-Greater 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-of-the-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.
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.
