#38 Luke Holman Season 2025
2024 MLB Draft: Competitive Balance Round B (after 2nd Round), 71st Overall – Cincinnati Reds
2024 Second-Team All-American (ABCA, D1 Baseball, NCBWA)
2024 Third-Team All-American (Baseball America)
2024 Second-Team All-SEC
2024 First-Team ABCA All-South Region
2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
NCBWA National Pitcher of the Month – February 2024
SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week (March 4, 2024)
2024 Astros Foundation College Classic All-Tournament Team
2023 Second-Team ABCA All-Southeast Region (at Alabama)
MLB Draft: 20th Round in 2021 (Toronto)
At LSU (2024)
• Posted a 9-4 record and a 2.75 ERA in 91.2 innings (16 starts) with 33 walks and 127 strikeouts, while limiting opponents to a .174 batting average
• Finished No. 2 in the SEC in strikeouts, No. 2 in the league in opponent batting average, No. 3 in ERA, No. 4 in wins and No. 5 in innings pitched
• Also completed the season No. 10 in the nation in strikeouts, No. 12 in hits allowed per nine innings (5.60) and No. 15 in WHIP (0.98)
• Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after defeating Kentucky on May 22 — worked 6.0 scoreless innings, allowing no hits with two walks and seven strikeouts … fired 100 pitches in the outing, 63 for strikes
• Defeated Ole Miss on May 17, limiting the Rebels to two runs on five hits in 6.2 innings with no walks and nine strikeouts … Holman retired 10 straight Ole Miss hitters to begin his outing, and he retired 16 of 17 batters through his first 5.1 innings
• Defeated Alabama (May 11), working 5.2 innings against his former team, limiting the Tide to one earned run on four hits with four walks and two Ks
• Recorded 10 strikeouts in 5.0 innings vs. top-ranked Texas A&M (May 4), allowing three runs on three hits with five walks
• Pitched 6.2 innings vs. Auburn (April 27), allowing just one earned run on two hits with three walks and nine strikeouts
• Delivered an excellent performance on April 13 at Tennessee, holding the SEC’s top offensive team without a hit for the first 5.1 innings of his outing … Holman worked a total of 5.2 innings, allowing just two runs on two hits with three walks and four strikeouts
• Posted a win over sixth-ranked Vanderbilt on April 4, limiting the Commodores to four earned runs on four hits in 5.2 innings with no walks and 10 strikeouts … he threw 97 pitches in the outing, recording 62 for strikes, and he pitched 4.1 perfect innings before allowing a Vanderbilt baserunner in the fifth inning
• Defeated sixth-ranked Florida on March 22, limiting the Gators to one run on one hit in 6.0 innings with three walks and a career-high 13 strikeouts … he threw 104 pitches in the outing, recording 65 for strikes, and he allowed only two Florida players to advance beyond second base … Holman retired nine straight Florida batters to complete his outing, including four by strikeouts
• Fired 6.0 scoreless and hitless innings on March 8 in a win over Xavier … Holman limited the Musketeers to no hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts … he threw 97 pitches in the outing, recording 59 pitches for strikes, and he did not allow a Xavier player to advance beyond second base … Holman retired nine straight Xavier batters to complete his outing, including six by strikeouts
• Worked 5.2 shutout innings March 1 in a win over No. 13 Texas in the Astros Foundation College Classic … Holman limited the Longhorns to three hits with one walk and a career-high 12 strikeouts … he threw 91 pitches in the outing, recording 61 pitches for strikes … he retired nine of the final 10 batters he faced to complete his outing … for the effort, he was named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 4 … he was also voted NCBWA National Pitcher of the Month for February, and he was named to the Astros Foundation College Classic All-Tournament team
• Fired seven shutout innings Feb. 24 in a win over Northern Illinois … Holman limited the Huskies to two hits with no walks and eight strikeouts … he needed only 77 pitches in the efficient seven-inning outing, recording 50 pitches for strikes … after hitting the lead-off batter with a pitch in the third inning, Holman retired 10 consecutive NIU hitters, and after allowing a one-out single in the sixth, he retired five straight batters to complete his outing
• Enjoyed a spectacular LSU debut on February 17 in a win over Central Arkansas … Holman worked 5.1 shutout innings and limited the Bears to three hits with one walk and 10 strikeouts … Holman fired 87 pitches in the outing, 55 for strikes … he retired nine straight Central Arkansas batters in his first three innings of work, and he allowed just one runner to advance beyond second base over the course of his outing.
At Alabama (2022-23)
• Pitched the past two seasons (2022-23) at Alabama, where he made 31 appearances (15 starts) and posted a 4.05 ERA with 111 strikeouts in 100.0 innings.
• Worked as Alabama’s No. 1 starter in 2023, recording a 7-4 mark and a 3.67 ERA in 81.0 innings with 87 strikeouts and a .186 opponent batting average … finished No. 2 in the SEC in WHIP (1.05) and No. 3 in the league in opponent batting average (.186) and hits per nine innings (6.00) … ranked No. 10 nationally in hits per nine innings
• Limited SEC opponents in 2023 to a .191 average, the second-lowest mark among all conference pitchers
• Made 15 relief appearances in 2022 as a true freshman at Alabama, posting an 0-2 mark with a 5.68 ERA (12 ER/19.0 IP) out of the bullpen
High School
Attended Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa. … rated as the No. 3 overall player in Pennsylvania and the state’s No. 2 right-handed pitcher according to Prep Baseball Report … finished his senior season with a 7-1 record and one save to go with a 0.88 ERA (7 ER/55.2 IP) across 13 appearances … struck out 113 compared to 23 walks while limiting opposing hitters to a .122 average in his final prep season … also competed in basketball at Wilson High.
Personal
Full name is Luke Kenneth Holman … son of Craig and Erin Holman … has one sister, Jordan … father played baseball at Jacksonville State before being drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies and spending eight years in their organization … sister played softball collegiately at Covenant College in Georgia … born on January 6, 2003.
Holman’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 7.0 vs. Northern Illinois (2/24/24)
Strikeouts: 13 vs. Florida (3/22/24)
Hits Allowed: 10 at Mississippi State (3/15/24)
Runs: 6 twice – at Missouri (4/20/24); vs. Vanderbilt (4/4/24)
Earned Runs: 5 at Missouri (4/20/24)
Walks: 5 twice; most recently vs. Texas A&M (5/4/24)