Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Fraser's athletic career began with baseball, but he found the physicality of lacrosse more to his liking, and he developed a rivalry with future Bandits teammate Josh Byrne.

He attended Blue Ridge School in Saint George, Virginia, where he was recruited to play lacrosse.

[1] Fraser played his first three years of college lacrosse for the District of Columbia Firebirds, where he tallied 87 goals and 22 assists over 33 games and helped inaugurate the lacrosse program at the University of the District of Columbia.

Fraser spent his senior year at Neumann University, where he scored 66 goals in 14 games.

[4] In 34 career regular season games with Nanaimo, he tallied 64 goals and 36 assists.