Career Accolades:
- 2022-23 PSAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Year
- All-PSAC First Team (2022-23)
- PSAC Championships Runner-up (2022)
- PING All-Region Team (2022-23)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) At Large Academic All-America Second Team (2022-23)
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) At Large Academic All-District (2022-23)
- Gannon Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year (2022-23)
- 2022-23 GCAA All-America Scholar
- PING All-Region Team (2021-22)
- All-PSAC First Team (2021-22)
- 2021 PING All-American Honorable Mention
- 2020-21 PSAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Year
- All-PSAC First Team (2020-21)
- All-PSAC Second Team (2018-19)
- PING All-Region Team (2020-21)
- PSAC Golfer of the Week (9/12/18, 10/16/19, 3/17/21, 9/7/22, 9/21/22, 9/28/22, 10/10/22)
- CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-District (2020-21)
- D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award (2019-20, 2021-22, 2022-23)
- PSAC Scholar-Athlete (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
2022-23: Led Gannon with a stroke average of 74.00 in 25 rounds. ... He finished at par or better 12 times, including four rounds in the 60s. ... His low round of 2022-23 was a 7-under-par 65 in the second round of the season-opening California Vulcan Invitational, where he rallied to win the tournament in a playoff. He finished that tournament with an 11-under-par 132 over 36 holes. ... That was one of five tournament victories for Holmes on the season as he helped Gannon to eight wins in 12 tournaments during the year. ... He also won the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational (3-under 141), Allegheny College's Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial (3-under 141), Clarion University's Hal Hansen Invitational (3-over 147), and the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational (1-under 143). ... He finished as the runner-up in the PSAC Championships in the fall. ... Holmes was named PSAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Year for the second time and landed All-PSAC First Team honors. ... Was named to the PING All-Region Team for the third time in his career. ... He was selected as the PSAC Men's Golf Athlete of the Week four times during the fall portion of the season. .... Holmes was voted to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Men's At Large Academic All-America Second Team after earlier receiving CSC Men's At Large Academic All-District honors. ... He was named the Gannon Male Senior Student-Athlete of the Year for 2022-23.
2021-22: Averaged 74.4 strokes in 29 rounds… Had five top-10 finishes and 10 top-20 finishes… His top performance of the season came in the PSAC Championships, where he finished second with a 1-under-par total of 215. He also shot his low round of the season, a 69, in that tournament… Also was the runner-up at the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational with a 4-over 148… Placed eighth in the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational and 10th in both the Charleston Invitational and the Guy Jeanne Kuhn Memorial… Placed 13th in the NCAA Atlantic/East Regional… Was named to the All-PSAC First Team… Selected to the PING All-Atlantic Region Team for the second time.
2020-21: Averaged a team-best 74.3 over 20 rounds for the Golden Knights… Earned PING All-American Honorable Mention accolades to become the ninth All-American in program history and first since 2006...Garnered PSAC Athlete of the Year honors and became the second player in program history to earn the award…Posted a season-low three round score of 214 after carding rounds of 72, 71 and 71 to finish tied for fourth place at the Doc Spragg Fall Invitational on Sept. 22… Helped Gannon finish in fifth place and card its lowest round as a team since 2005 on a Par 72 course after shooting a 288 in the final round at the Doc Spragg Fall Invitational on Sept. 22…Won the Browngolf Intercollegiate with a two round score of 142 on March 25…Posted a team-best tied for seventh place finish with a two round score of 152 at the PSAC Championships on April 10… Guided Gannon to its first NCAA regional championship in program history finishing tied for 19th place with a three round score of 231 on April 8… Helped Gannon to its first appearance in the NCAA Championships as a team and tallied a team-best seventh place finish with a three round score of 225 on May 21...It marked the highest finish by a Gannon player at the NCAA Championships since 1990…Registered seven top 10 finishes, including four in the top five.
2019-20: Averaged 76.4 over 13 rounds for the Golden Knights…Posted a 317-63 overall record with a .834 winning percentage…Posted four top ten finishes…Won the Penn State Behrend Invitational after shooting a season-low one round score of 68…Finished in eighth place at the PSAC Golf Championships after carding rounds of 78, 75 and 76 for a three round score of 229.
2018-19: Named to the All-PSAC Second Team... earned PSAC Men's Golfer of the Week accolades on time this season... finished with a team best 76.2 stroke average over 22 rounds and 11 different events...recorded two top-five finishes, five top-10 finishes, and eight top-20 finished... finished with the team's top winning percentage (.806) with a 536-129 record... finished first out of 77 golfers at the Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial with an on par finish of 144 over two rounds... his first round score of 70 would be the lowest of his career... recorded a score of 74 (+2) at the Penn State Behrend Invite... followed up that performance with a two round score of 151 at the Howard "Bud" Elwell Fall Classis to finish fifth out of 54 golfers...recorded a sixth place finish with a score of 76 at the Mercyhurst Spring Invitational... finished 31st out of 107 golfers at the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional with a three round score of 230 (80, 75, 75).
High School: Played for head coach Scott Laurin at Barrie North Collegiate Institute in Barrie, Ontario … selected team MVP four times … was a three-time regional champion … had a podium finish at the provincial championships … was a two-sport athlete, being named team MVP four times in badminton … captured two regional championships in badminton … was a three-year member of the honor roll.
Personal: Had a 3.80 GPA in Sports Marketing and Management with a minor in Finance as an undergraduate. ... Has compiled a 3.680 GPA in his Master of Business Analytics. ... He is the son of Sandra Holmes. ... Has one brother, Colby.
