Missouri State

Honors
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2024) 
• MVC Pitcher of the Week (March 4, 2025)

2025 (Senior)
Started the year in the weekend rotation before converting to the Bears’ closer, pitching in 22 games with five starts and a team-high five saves...Struck out 61 batters in 54.1 innings of work...Tossed a complete-game three-hitter against ULM (March 1) to earn MVC Pitcher of the Week honors...Went six innings with a season-high nine strikeouts against SIUE (March 15)...Fired three shutout frames against Indiana State (May 11)...Struck out four in a four-inning save against Bradley (March 23)...Fanned three in 1.1 hitless innings in MSU’s victory at No. 2 Arkansas (March 25)...First player in program history to wear No. 88.

Background
Transferred to Missouri State after three seasons at Saint Louis, where he posted a 13-7 career record in 50 appearances with 33 starts...Piled up 107 strikeouts in 174 innings with a 5.68 ERA...Took over the No. 1 starter duties for the Billikens as a junior in 2024, going 9-3 with a 4.90 ERA and 46 Ks in 71.2 innings, and SLU went 12-3 in his starts...Played baseball, football and basketball at Columbia (Ill.) High, where he earned first-team all-state honors in baseball as a senior in 2021 and all-state laurels in basketball twice...On the mound as a senior, he was 8-1 with a 1.30 ERA and 0.85 WHIP with 68 strikeouts in 48.1 innings.

Personal
Jackson Holmes is the son of David and Tracey Holmes...Has two brothers who played college sports: Jonathan (basketball, Arkansas) and Jordan (football, Illinois)...Born October 27, 2002 in Town and Country, Mo....Majoring in economics.