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Jersey Number 10
Freddie Dilione V
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 180
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, N.C.
- High School:
- Word of God Christian Academy
Bio
CAREER HIGHS
- Points: 7 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
- Rebounds: 3 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
- Assists: 3 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
- Steals: 1 (6x) // last vs. Vanderbilt, 2/17/24
- Blocks: 1 // vs. Texas A&M, 2/24/24
- Field Goals: 3 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
- 3-Pointers: 1 (2x) // last vs. Alabama, 1/20/24
- Free Throws: 2 // at Georgia, 1/13/24
- Minutes: 16:24 // vs. Tennessee Tech, 11/6/23
HONORS
- 2023-24 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023-24 - REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
- Game-by-Game Statistics
- Participated in 18 games, shooting 12-of-23 (52.2 percent) from the field across 93 total minutes of action.
- Missed four-plus non-conference games due to injury.
- Dished out multiple assists on four occasions and thrice scored five-plus points.
- Scored five points versus Alabama (1/20/24) and made both his field-goal attempts.
- Made both of his shot attempts, including notching his first made 3-pointer as a collegian, against Georgia Southern (12/12/23) and finished with five points.
- Exited the game against Wofford (11/14/23) due to injury and, on 11/20/23, was ruled out for the Maui Invitational with a partially torn left plantar fascia that also kept him out at No. 17/16 North Carolina (11/29/23).
- Made his collegiate debut by scoring seven points, three boards and three assists versus Tennessee Tech (11/6/23).
SUMMER 2023
- Enjoyed an impressive showing during Tennessee's three international exhibition wins in Italy in August, averaging 11.0 points and a team-best 5.3 assists per game.
- In UT's second win over the Lithuanian U21 National Team (8/5/23), he finished with a 10-point, 10-assist double-double.
- Was among 35 athletes—along with Tennessee teammate Tobe Awaka—selected to participate in the 2023 USA Basketball Men's U19 World Cup Team training camp at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado in June. He advanced through multiple rounds of cuts before being one of the last two players trimmed from the final 12-man roster.
2022-23 - REDSHIRT
- Enrolled in January 2023 and redshirted the remainder of the 2022-23 season while practicing and traveling with the team.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Graduated early from Word of God Christian Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was coached by Byron Williams, and opted to enroll at Tennessee in January of 2023.
- Was rated as high as No. 24 overall in the Class of 2023 by 247Sports and also was the top-rated prospect in the state of North Carolina per the 247Sports composite.
- Was named to the 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Boys High School Player of the Year watch list.
- Was one of 50 nationwide standouts named to the watch list for the 2022-23 USA TODAY Boys Basketball Player of the Year award.
- On Nov. 8, 2022, Dilione broke the Overtime Elite league single-game scoring record with a 36-point performance against the OSL Falcons.
- As a junior during his breakout 2021-22 season at Word of God Christian Academy, he averaged 25.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.
- His 2022-23 Word of God team also featured Alabama signee Davin Cosby Jr.
- His stock rose significantly over the summer of 2022, as he stood out on Adidas' 3SSB Circuit as a member of Team Loaded (N.C.)—averaging 17.8 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in five games.
- Prior to competing at Word of God Christian Academy, he played three years at Fayetteville (N.C.) Trinity Christian, where he averaged 18.0 points and 7.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore.
- Tennessee's recruitment of Dilione began after he attended UT's Elite Camp in the summer of 2021.
- Played one year of baseball at Trinity Christian, seeing action on the mound and in the outfield.
PERSONAL
- Full name is Frederick Albert Dilione V
- Last named pronounced: dill-ee-ON
- Born April 13, 2004, in Fayetteville, North Carolina
- Son of Fred and Sophia Dilione
- Is the fourth-oldest of six siblings
- One of his older brothers, Johnte White, played linebacker on the football team at Division II UNC Pembroke
- He is the third men's basketball player from Fayetteville to sign with the Volunteers, joining grad transfer John Fields (2010-11) and Kwe Parker (2016-17).
- Was a quarterback when he played youth football
- Academic Major: Business Management
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