Wichita State Athletics

2022 Graduate Student
Led Shockers with a 2.78 ERA and six saves in his lone season with Wichita State...made 25 relief appearances, totaling 35.2 innings...allowed just 27 hits for an opponent batting average of .205, best on the staff...struck out 39 and walked two...began the season with nine straight scoreless outings...earned the win with 1.1 scoreless innings vs. Texas A&M on March 6 to clinch the Frisco Classic championship…retired all seven hitters he faced vs. Kansas on March 23 to earn the win...set a season high four scoreless frames and six strikeouts against Cincinnati on April 15...allowed just one hit in four innings to notch the save against Tulane on May 15, earning a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll for his efforts...named to the AD Honor Roll in both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

At Murray State (2018-21)
Made 65 career appearances over the course of four years with the Racers, all out of the bullpen...finished his Murray State career 5-1 with a 4.43 ERA, notching nine saves...struck out 84 and walked 33 in 87.1 innings...made a team-leading 24 appearances in 2019...was off to a dominant start in 2020 before the remainder of the season was cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing just over run in his first 7.2 innings with 13 strikeouts...delivered a stellar season in 2021, finishing with a 2.10 ERA and eight saves for a Murray State team that went 33-25 with a school-record 18 Ohio Valley Conference wins...was named to the 2021 OVC Baseball Championship All-Tournament Team on the strength of a career-best 4.2 scoreless innings in a win over Austin Peay State on May 29...allowed an earned run in only four of his 19 appearances for the season.

High School
Two-year letterwinner and two-year starter at St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky...threw a complete game, three-hit shutout in the Kentucky State Championship Game his junior season...two-time all-district and all-conference selection.

Personal
Son of Jack and Sue Holden...sister, KJ, played softball at Depauw...cousins Brent and Garret Celek both have spent time in the NFL...born June 25, 1998...graduated from Murray State with a degree in engineering physics, pursuing MBA at Wichita State.