:: February 14, 2012 ::
      Colby Holmes
    Colby Holmes

    Player Profile
    Class:
    Sophomore

    Hometown:
    Conway, S.C.

    High School:
    Conway HS

    Height / Weight:
    5-11 / 200

    Position:
    RHP

    B/T:
    R-R

    01/26/2012

    South Carolina Ranked No. 2 In USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

    Gamecocks are one of six SEC schools ranked

    01/24/2012

    South Carolina Ranked No. 3 By Baseball America

    Gamecocks are one of six SEC schools among the Top 11 teams ranked

    12/19/2011

    South Carolina Ranked No. 2 By Collegiate Baseball

    Gamecocks are one of six teams in the Southeastern Conference in the Preseason Top 40

    11/01/2011

    Head Baseball Coach Ray Tanner Wraps Up Fall Practice

    Team fresh off last weekend's Garnet & Black World Series

    2011 - Compiled a 7-3 record with a 3.69 ERA in 18 games with 13 starts; struck out 77 batters with 21 walks in 85.1 innings pitched ... Key start in 7-1 win over Virginia in College World Series as he allowed just one run on four hits in 4.1 innings with seven strikeouts, to tie a career-high and just one walk allowed (6/21) ... Won seventh game of the season with solid 6.2 innings of work allowing four runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and a walk in 11-5 win over Stetson (6/4) ... Won sixth game of the season with 6.2 innings of work allowing just one run on four hits with five strikeouts in 3-2 win at Alabama that clinched SEC championship (5/21) ... Named SEC Pitcher of the Week for second time this year after going 8.2 innings and allowing one run on six hits with seven strikeouts in 7-1 win over Arkansas to clinch series ... 1.2 perfect innings with a strikeout in 11-1 win over Charleston Southern (5/11) ... Worked 7.1 innings to earn the win in 10-2 victory over Auburn (4/30): allowed just two runs on four hits with seven strikeouts ... No-decision in 5-3 loss at Mississippi State (4/23); allowed three runs, two earned on five hits with six strikeouts ... Earned SEC Pitcher of the Week after seven-plus innings, scoreless, allowed just three hits and struck out seven batters to pick up win in 2-0 win over Tennessee (4/8) ... First SEC start in 4-3 win over Kentucky (4/2); no-decision with five-plus innings, allowed two runs on seven hits with four strikeouts ... Key relief outing in 4-3 win at Florida (3/27); three scoreless innings with just one hit allowed and two strikeouts ... Six-plus innings with six strikeouts as he earned win in 24-4 victory over College of Charleston (3/22); allowed three runs on five hits with two walks ... Worked 5.1 innings, allowed two runs on one hit with four strikeouts and three walks to earn victory in 8-4 win over Wofford (3/16) ... Worked three relief innings in 14-1 win over Furman (3/1); allowed one run, unearned, on two hits with three strikeouts.

    2010 - Improved to 2-0 with five-plus inning effort in 6-3 win over Coll. of Charleston, allowed two runs on four hits with four strikeouts and three walks (4/7) ... Earned first career win with five innings of work, allowed just one run on five hits with four strikeouts and a walk in 10-1 victory over The Citadel (3/30) ... First career start in 8-3 win over Davidson, allowed two runs, both unearned, on three hits with six strikeouts and two walks (3/17) ... 0.2 scoreless innings of relief in 6-5 win over Brown (3/14) ... One perfect inning of relief in 15-0 win over Presbyterian (3/3) ... One perfect inning of relief with three strikeouts in 10-3 win over Duquesne (2/19).

    HIGH SCHOOL - 2009 MLB Draft Selection (47th round/Atlanta Braves) ... 2009 SC/NC Select All-Star ... 2008 and 2009 South Carolina AAAA All-State team ... Ranked No. 9 best high school prospect by Baseball America in the 2009 Under Armour Preseason Tournament ... Rated No. 5 best high school player in the state of South Carolina by Diamond Prospects .. .Rated No. 7 best high school player in the state of South Carolina by PG Crosschecker and No. 360 in the nation ... Rated No. 15 best prospect in state of South Carolina for 2009 MLB Draft by Baseball America ... Finished 2009 season with 8-3 record and a 0.70 ERA with 129 strikeouts in 69.2 innings pitched ... Playing 2009 summer baseball on 18-U Carolina Cyclones AAU team ... Played on 2008 17-U Diamond Devils summer team that won the 17-U World Wood Bat Association National Championships as well as the Continental Amateur Baseball Association 18-U Wood Bat World Series.

    PERSONAL - Born Jonathon Colby Holmes on 10/24/90 ... Parents are John and Cherlyn Holmes.


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