The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022 Softball Roster
Roster
Mya Holmes
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Texas City
- Hometown:
- Texas City, Texas
- Major:
- Interested in Sport Management
2023
Appeared in nine games off the bench for the Longhorns ... slashed .125/.222/.125 in eight official plate appearances on the season ... was credited with her first career collegiate base hit with a third-inning single against Texas Southern (2/26) ... also scored her first run and drove in her first run against the Tigers, too ... was hit by a pitch in a pinch-hitting appearance against Abilene Christian (2/25) ... made appearances at first base against Missouri (2/10), Lamar (2/15) and Loyola Chicago (2/17) ... also made a pinch-hitting appearance against Northwestern (2/10) and Tennessee (5/27)
2022
Played in 13 games as a true freshman ... made her first career start in right field during a 5-1 win over Tulsa in the Texas Classic (2/28) ... came off the bench to hit at the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invite against Auburn (2/18) and Notre Dame (2/20) as well as versus Boston College (2/12 & 2/13), UTSA (2/27), Nicholls State (3/12), UT Arlington (4/6) and in Big 12 Conference play at No. 6 Oklahoma State (4/24) and against Baylor (5/6 & 5/8) ... saw her first collegiate action by pinch hitting late in the 4-0 season-opening win over No. 15 Clemson (2/11) at the FGCU Kickoff Classic ...
Travel Ball
For her club program Impact Gold, Holmes helped various squads to first place finishes at both the 18-U Triple Crown Nationals and 14-U USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Nationals, a second-place finish at the 16-U USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Nationals and third-place finishes at the 18-U Texas Fastpitch League and 12-U PGF Premier Division … during the summer of 2020, Holmes batted at a .415 clip with eight home runs, 51 runs batted in (RBI) and an .832 slugging percentage.
High School
Listed at No. 22 in FloSoftball’s 2021 Hot 100 rankings, as the No. 1 overall outfielder and No. 24 overall in Extra Inning Softball’s Extra Elite 100 and No. 46 on Softball America’s Top 100 recruits list ... Holmes hit .477 overall over her first three seasons at Texas City High School with 84 hits, 22 doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs and 62 runs batted in (RBI) … Holmes was a multiple-time 22-5A First Team All-District, all-county (2018, 2019) and academic all-district choice ...
Personal
Daughter of Michael and Mindy Holmes ... has one sibling, Madison ... cites winning the USA Elite Select World Fastpitch Nationals as her most memorable moment in sports to date … her dad, Michael, played basketball at Sam Houston State (1991-93) … chose Texas over a list of schools that included Houston, LSU, Stanford, Kansas, Alabama and Texas A&M.
