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2020 Baseball

Hunter Martin
Jen Rabasco
Jen Rabasco
Chris Reich
Tom Weishaar

25 Mitchell Holcomb

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Georgetown, Texas
  • Highschool Meridian

Biography

2020: Made two starts in an eight-game season shortened by the COVID-19 outbreak … Posted a 3.46 ERA through 13.0 innings pitched … Earned his first victory of the season with eight shutout innings against FIU (3/7) … Also tallied eight strikeouts with just four hits allowed and three walks in that 16-1 win against FIU … Held opposing batters to a .213 batting average.

2019: Made 10 appearances with nine starts … Finished with a 6-1 record, tied for the best in the Ivy League … Posted a career-low 3.76 ERA after a career-high 64.2 innings pitched … Second on the team with 51 strikeouts … Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week after tossing a complete game against Dartmouth (April 7) with one run allowed on three hits and five strikeouts … Posted a season-high nine strikeouts in 8.1 innings pitched against Cornell (April 27) … Of his 66 hits allowed, just 17 were extra-base hits … Tied for fourth with 40 strikeouts in Ivy League play.
 
2018: Accumulated 10 starts on 11 appearances, finishing the year with a 0-4 record and 4.17 ERA ... Began the year as the bullpen's top reliever, impressing with nine strikeouts over 5.0 frames in an extra-innings season-opener at Northwestern State (2/23) ... Took over starting duties from that point on, and despite a mid-season lull, surged to his best performance all year in the season finale at Yale (5/13), tossing a career-high 7.2 innings while striking out a career-best 12 batters ... Earned multiple weekly awards following strong weekend showings, bringing home Ivy League Pitcher of the Week twice and Big Five Pitcher of the Week three times, the former coming after Northwestern State (2/23) and USC Upstate (3/10) and the latter adding his outing vs. Cornell (4/22).
 
2017: Immediately stepped into the midweek starter role in his first season, making seven starts and eight appearances total ... Finished his rookie campaign 1-1 with a 4.60 ERA across 31.1 innings ... Made his first collegiate start against Valpariaso in Port St. Lucie, Fla., tossing 3.2 innings while striking out five ... Picked up his first career win at Villanova (4/4) after posting seven innings and allowing just one run on six hits ... Started the Liberty Bell Classic Championship at Citizens Bank Park versus La Salle (4/18) and received a no decision after holding the Explorers scoreless over seven innings while striking out a career-high nine in his best start of the year.
 
High School: 2015 and 2016 TSCAAL Baseball State Champion ... 2015 and 2016 TSCAAL Basketball State Semi-finalist ... All-District First Team Baseball selection 2015 and 2016 ... First Team All-State in baseball 2015 and 2016 … Graduated Magna Cum Laude ... Trevor Duff Memorial Scholarship recipient. 
 
Personal: Son of Joel and Jackie Holcomb ... Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
 
Career Highs
Pitching
Innings Pitched: 9, at Dartmouth (4/7/19)
Strikeouts: 12, at Yale (5/13/18)
Complete Games: 2 (Last – at Dartmouth 4/7/19)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2017Freshman

    RHP
    6'2" 195 lbs
    30
  • 25

    2018Sophomore

    RHP
    6'2" 195 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2019Junior

    RHP
    6'2" 185 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2020Senior

    RHP
    6'2" 205 lbs
    25