University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2024 Baseball Roster
Holzhammer, Matthew
Jersey Number 27
Matthew Holzhammer
- Position:
- Right-Handed Pitcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 210
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Wister, Okla.
- High School:
- Wister
- Prev School:
- Eastern Oklahoma
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List
2024 (Junior)
Appeared out of the bullpen in 21 games during the season, posting a 3-1 record with four saves and a 4.78 earned run average … allowed 27 hits and fanned 30 batters in 26.1 innings … tied for second on the team in saves, was second in games in relief and was fifth in total appearances … earned the win in his Cajuns’ debut against Wright State (2/18), fanning all three batters he faced on 19 pitches … pitched 2.0 hitless innings with a pair of strikeouts to earn his first save against Rice (2/25) … earned save and combined with five pitchers on a five-hit shutout at Northwestern State (3/6) … pitched 1.2 innings and struck out three batters in earning win over McNeese (3/20) before striking out three and 2.0 scoreless innings for a save in a 2-0 victory against Old Dominion (3/24) … improved to 3-0 on the season after pitching a season-high 3.1 scoreless innings in a come-from-behind win at Texas State (3/30) … earned save against ULM (4/6) needing 17 pitches in a two-inning performance … fanned season-high five batters against Houston Christian (4/24) … made first appearance in over a month against Texas (6/2) in the NCAA College Station Regional and struck out a pair of batters in a scoreless inning of relief … named to the 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Posted a 6-4 record on the mound with a 3.97 earned run average at Eastern Oklahoma State ... made 17 appearances on the season with 16 starts, striking out 83 batters in 77.0 innings on the mound … belted six home runs and drove in 32 runs as a sophomore ... an All-Region 2 First Team selection ... named in consecutive weeks as the NJCAA Region 2 Pitcher of the Week ... played the 2022 season at Carl Albert State College ... posted a 5-5 record on the mound with a 4.04 ERA ... fanned 69 batters in 55.2 innings pitched … was 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA and one save in the summer of 2023 with the Arroyo Seco Saints of the California Collegiate League.
HIGH SCHOOL
A first-team honoree on The Oklahoman's All-State Baseball Team ... hit 10 home runs with a .463 batting average and 48 RBI to lead Wister to a Class A state championship appearance ... selected to compete in the 2021 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game ... a two-time All-Le Flore County recipient in both baseball and basketball ... graduated fourth in his class at WHS ... served as WHS Class President all four years.
PERSONAL
Born on March 21, 2003 in Fort Smith, Arkansas ... the son of Sandra and Kenneth Holzhammer ... has one sister and one brother ... ... majoring in business management.
• 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List
2024 (Junior)
Appeared out of the bullpen in 21 games during the season, posting a 3-1 record with four saves and a 4.78 earned run average … allowed 27 hits and fanned 30 batters in 26.1 innings … tied for second on the team in saves, was second in games in relief and was fifth in total appearances … earned the win in his Cajuns’ debut against Wright State (2/18), fanning all three batters he faced on 19 pitches … pitched 2.0 hitless innings with a pair of strikeouts to earn his first save against Rice (2/25) … earned save and combined with five pitchers on a five-hit shutout at Northwestern State (3/6) … pitched 1.2 innings and struck out three batters in earning win over McNeese (3/20) before striking out three and 2.0 scoreless innings for a save in a 2-0 victory against Old Dominion (3/24) … improved to 3-0 on the season after pitching a season-high 3.1 scoreless innings in a come-from-behind win at Texas State (3/30) … earned save against ULM (4/6) needing 17 pitches in a two-inning performance … fanned season-high five batters against Houston Christian (4/24) … made first appearance in over a month against Texas (6/2) in the NCAA College Station Regional and struck out a pair of batters in a scoreless inning of relief … named to the 2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Posted a 6-4 record on the mound with a 3.97 earned run average at Eastern Oklahoma State ... made 17 appearances on the season with 16 starts, striking out 83 batters in 77.0 innings on the mound … belted six home runs and drove in 32 runs as a sophomore ... an All-Region 2 First Team selection ... named in consecutive weeks as the NJCAA Region 2 Pitcher of the Week ... played the 2022 season at Carl Albert State College ... posted a 5-5 record on the mound with a 4.04 ERA ... fanned 69 batters in 55.2 innings pitched … was 1-0 with a 3.27 ERA and one save in the summer of 2023 with the Arroyo Seco Saints of the California Collegiate League.
HIGH SCHOOL
A first-team honoree on The Oklahoman's All-State Baseball Team ... hit 10 home runs with a .463 batting average and 48 RBI to lead Wister to a Class A state championship appearance ... selected to compete in the 2021 Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game ... a two-time All-Le Flore County recipient in both baseball and basketball ... graduated fourth in his class at WHS ... served as WHS Class President all four years.
PERSONAL
Born on March 21, 2003 in Fort Smith, Arkansas ... the son of Sandra and Kenneth Holzhammer ... has one sister and one brother ... ... majoring in business management.
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