Awards and Honors
Five-Time Dean’s List Honoree
Two-Time Academic Gold Star Honoree
Three-Time Southern Conference Honor Roll Honoree
Seven-Time Athletics Director’s Honor Roll Honoree
2007... Knee injury sidelined him early on in 2007... in his first race of the year, finished 13th in the 5k at the Clemson Invitational, running 15:55.46... placed 11th in the 5k at the Southern Conference Indoor Championships (2/18), runing 15:56.65...
2006... Did not run indoors due to injuries... outdoors, ran a season best time of 16:21.64 in the 5000m, good enough for fourth place at the Clemson Invitational (4/8)... set a personal best time and the ninth-fastest time in school history in the 10k, running 33:21.03 at the SoCon Outdoor Championships (4/29).
2005... Set a personal record in the 3000m, running a 9:16.04 as he finished fifth at the UNC Tar Heel Outdoor Open... ran a personal best time at the UNC Indoor Invitational with a 15:44.07 as he placed fourth... ran an 5000m outdoor personal best time of 15:58.51 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, finishing 13th... placed fourth at the Solid Orange Classic in the 5000m, running a 16:14.41... set a new personal record in the mile run at the Clemson (Indoor) Invitational with a time of 4:45.20.
2004... Placed second at Savannah State Invitational in 5000m.
High School... A 2003 graduate of Wade Hampton High School... three-time All-County and All-Region... two-time recipient of All-State honors.
Personal... Son of Sally and Mike Holmes... born Nov. 2, 1984... Dean’s List, Fall 2003 and Spring 2004... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Fall 2003 and Spring 2004... Holmes is an accomplished drummer in the John Callaway Band... majoring in business administration.