Incoming Western Kentucky freshman Payton Frederick has been named to PrepVolleyball.com’s Defensive Dandy list as a first team selection in the Gym Dandies category.
PrepVolleyball.com’s 2018 “Gym Dandies,” is for the nation’s top full-time defensive players, both high school and club. The list is presented in a dozen “teams” of 13, followed by about 125 more in the Honorable Mention category.
Set to be the first second-generation WKU volleyball player in program history, Frederick is from Louisville. A graduate of Assumption High School, the libero was part of Assumption's state championship squads in both 2015 and 2017 while also helping the squad achieve district champion status from 2015-17 and regional champion status in 2015 and 2017.