2025 Softball Roster

FOTOJOE Photography, Inc.
FOTOJOE Photography, Inc.
FOTOJOE Photography, Inc.
Joey Gardner
Joey Gardner
Joey Gardner
Joey Gardner

5 Jaycee Holt

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Junior
  • High School Ooltewah
  • Hometown Birchwood, Tenn.

Biography

2025 (Junior): Started all 44 games, recording 36 hits, two doubles, three triples, and six RBI … Led the MEAC in stolen bases for the second straight season with a career-high 28 … Led the team in runs (24), hits (36), and triples (3) … Named to the All-MEAC Third Team and the 2025 All-MEAC Academic Team.

2024 (Sophomore): Started in 45 games in 2024 … recorded 46 hits, 27 runs, and seven RBI … achieved a .324 batting average … tallied one double and one triple, contributing to a .345 slugging percentage … posted a .360 on-base percentage … led the MEAC with 26 stolen bases … notched 13 multi-hit games, including a season-high three hits against Coppin State on May 8, 2024 … maintained a seven-game hitting streak during the season … accumulated 74 putouts with a fielding percentage of .975. 

2023 (Freshman): In 2023, appeared in 44 games with 44 starts … recorded 46 hits, 14 RBI, and three doubles … closed 2023 with a .324 batting average … posted a .360% on-base percentage … finished the season with 15 stolen bases … logged a four-game on-base streak … notched 14 multi-hit games … posted a fielding percentage of .923 with 57 putouts. 

High School/Club: Graduated with a 3.9 GPA from Ooltewah High School in 2022 ... Participated in National Honor Society and Beta Club from 2018-2022 ... Struck out zero times in 84 at-bats as a senior ... Top personal accomplishments include being chosen for best of preps as a senior, being ranked #7 out of all players in the state of Tennessee, being an all-county and all-state player and playing for the Tennessee High School All-Star team ... Favorite team accomplishment was playing in the state tournament in 2018 ... Recorded a high batting average of .714, on-base percentage of .727 and fielding percentage of .969. Played club softball with Mojo 2022 Usrey/Sewell in the Mojo Organization in Georgia ... ranked #1 in batting average, on-base percentage and recorded most stolen bases in 2021 and 2022 ... Played for winner of 2022 Owl City 18u Power Team Bracket ... Ended 2022 club season with .629 batting average.

Personal: Born on May 26, 2004 in Chattanooga, TN to James and Christie Holt ... Has one sister, Briley Welch ... Current member of the UMES Honors program ... Pregame routine is to pray before every game and "being a slapper, I like to notice how hard the ground is in order to see which slap is more beneficial to me" ... Personal best sports moment was ending her high school senior season with zero strikeouts in 84 at-bats ... Biggest influences are high school softball coaches Jerry and Kerilyn Mongar because "throughout my four years at Ooltewah High School, they constantly pushed me to show me what I could truly do being a triple threat and overall helped me gain the confidence I needed to be successful in the game of softball" ... After graduation plans to attend medical school, with the goal of becoming a forensic pathologist ... Hobbies outside of sports are shopping, traveling and hiking ... Personal goal for freshman season is to maintain a batting average over .400 ... Goal before graduation is to win a MEAC award ... "My strongest asset to the game is using my speed to my advantage and choosing which type of slap I will use based on reading the defense."

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2023Freshman

    OF/MIF
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2024Sophomore

    OF
    5'1"
    5
  • 5

    2025Junior

    Outfield
    5'1"
    5