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Colby Holmes

  • position RHP
  • height 5-11
  • weight 200
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Conway, S.C.
  • High school Conway HS
  • position RHP
  • height 5-11
  • weight 200
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Conway, S.C.
  • High school Conway HS

Colby Holmes Bio

2012-13 Gamecock Spotlight Video

2013 – Appeared in 19 games with nine starts, compiled a 5-2 record with a 3.76 ERA … Pitched 55.0 innings, struck out 42 batters with 15 walks allowed … 2013 MLB Free Agent Signee (Atlanta Braves) … Earned win in relief in 6-4 win over Liberty in NCAA Regional (6/2) with 1.1 scoreless innings … 0.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in 4-3 loss to Vanderbilt at SEC Tournament (5/23) … Two scoreless innings of relief with a pair of strikeouts in 7-1 win over Georgia (5/11) … Three innings of relief, allowed one run, unearned, on three hits with no walks and a strikeout in 9-3 win over Wofford (5/8) … Three scoreless innings of relief in 3-2 loss to Vanderbilt (5/4) … Five innings of relief with just two runs allowed, one earned, on two hits with no walks in three strikeouts to pick up win in 19-2 victory at Tennessee (4/7) … Earned win in predetermined split vs. Charleston Southern (3/30); allowed two runs on four hits in 3.1 innings with no walks and two strikeouts … Earned win in 3-1 victory at College of Charleston (3/26); allowed just one run on four hits in 7.1 innings with season-high eight strikeouts and just two walks … One of three Gamecocks to combine for first no-hitter in 38 years in a 14-1 win over Albany; six innings of work with one run allowed, unearned, on one walk with three strikeouts (2/24) … No-decision in first start of the season, an 8-7 win over Liberty, went 6.1 innings and allowed two runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts (2/17). 2012 – Started 16 games and compiled a 7-2 record with a 3.05 ERA in 79.2 innings pitched with just 17 walks allowed while striking out 65 batters, opponents hit just .226 against him … Five scoreless innings with just one hit allowed in 5-1 win over Oklahoma in NCAA Super Regional (6/11) … NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team … Carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning and finished with eight scoreless innings with just one hit allowed and career-high nine strikeouts to earn victory in 7-0 win over Manhattan (6/1) … Quality start despite no-decision in 3-2 loss to LSU (5/19); worked 6.2 innings and allowed one run, unearned, on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts … Improved to 6-0 with victory in 11-7 win at Auburn (4/22); allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings with two walks and matched career-high with seven strikeouts … Season-high 8.1 innings and allowed four runs on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts to pick up win in 6-4 victory over Mississippi State (4/15) … Seveninnings pitched and tied season-high with six strikeouts to improve to 4-0 on the year in 6-1 win vs. Tennessee (4/8); allowed jut one run on four hits and did not walk a batter … Worked 4.2 innings and allowed three runs, two earned on three hits with one walk and one strikeout in 6-4 win over Vanderbilt (4/1) … Earned third win of the season with five scoreless innings allowing just four hits and striking out six in 3-1 win vs. Princeton (3/11) … Improved to 2-0 with 5.2 scoreless innings with just three hits allowed and three walks while striking out six in 6-0 win over Elon … Won first start of the season hurling five scoreless frames of one-hit ball and striking out six in 13-1 win over VMI (2/18). 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 ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ 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 ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ by Diamond Prospects .. .Rated No. 7 best high school player in the state of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ by PG Crosschecker and No. 360 in the nation … Rated No. 15 best prospect in state of ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ 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.