Personal
Born in Anaheim, Calif. ... parents are Mark and Tami Holmes ... married to Julie ... first daughter, Sadie Rae, born in June 2007 ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to London, England ... started playing volleyball as a junior in high school with friends ... enjoys beach volleyball, surfing and snowboarding ... an Eagle Scout ... a sociology major.
Before BYU
Lettered two years in volleyball at Fountain Valley High School under Coach Tod Hanson ... team was Sunset League Champions in 2001 ... named first-team All-Sunset League ... team won the Francis Parker Tournament in 2001 ... also lettered three years in soccer ... played club volleyball for the Long Beach Club under Derrick Lusaro for two years ... club team won gold medal at 2001 Junior Olympics ... named All-American at the Junior Olympics ... named to Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 in 2001.
Stats
Career Match Highs
Kills : 19 vs. Stanford, 2/22/08
Attempts: 33 at UC Irvine, 2/15/08
Hitting Percentage: .818 (9-0-11) at UC Santa Barbara, 1/21/05
Digs: 6 at UC Irvine, 2/16/08
Block Assists: 11 at UC Irvine, 2/16/08
Block Solos: 4 (twice in 2007)
Total Blocks: 12 vs. CS Northridge, 1/13/06
Service Aces: 4 at UC Santa Barbara, 3/10/07
Assists: 3 (three times)
| Year | MP | GP | K | K/G | E | TA | PCT | A | SA | SE | RE | D | BS | BA | TB | B/G | BE | BHE |
| 2005 | 30 | 98 | 270 | 1.09 | 32 | 204 | .368 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 61 | 67 | 0.68 | 10 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27 | 104 | 250 | 2.40 | 53 | 432 | .456 | 17 | 8 | 61 | 1 | 46 | 12 | 143 | 155 | 1.49 | 9 | 1 |
| 2007 | 29 | 99 | 237 | 2.39 | 56 | 413 | .438 | 23 | 21 | 99 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 116 | 144 | 1.45 | 12 | 1 |
| 2008 | 30 | 113 | 301 | 2.66 | 65 | 520 | .454 | 23 | 21 | 93 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 157 | 172 | 1.52 | 10 | 2 |