John Joseph Holland... hard throwing righty completed career with dominant senior campaign.
2017: NCBWA Honorable-Mention All-America... consensus First Team All Region (NCBWA, D2CCA & ABCA)... CACC Pitcher of the Year... First-Team All-CACC... in 12 games (11 starts), went 8-1 with 1.43 earned-run average and three complete games... opponents hit .171 off of him... in 75 2/3 innings, allowed 43 hits, struck out 70 batters, and walked 27... finished second nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (school-record 5.11), fifth in ERA, and eighth in WHIP (0.93)... led CACC in ERA and wins and was second in strikeouts... recorded 200th career strikeout in season-opening win vs. Franklin Pierce 2/23... set Felician record with 20th career victory vs. Bloomfield 4/23... set Felician record with 247th career strikeout at Caldwell 4/29... had four starts of 5+ innings allowing one hit... seven-inning two-hit shutout of Philadelphia U. 4/18... started three other shutouts... earned CG victory over New Haven in elimination game of NCAA Regional... three-time CACC Pitcher of the Week... NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week 4/27.
2016: Received medical waiver after tossing 18 1/3 innings over five games (three starts).
2015: Pitched in 16 games, starting 10, with two complete games... posted a 6-5 record, one save, and a 3.09 ERA... in 70 innings, allowed 55 hits, struck out 71 batters, and walked 29.. pitched to an opponent batting average of .215... threw a nine-inning four-hitter in a win over Bridgeport 2/21... struck out season-high 10 batters in home win against Bloomfield 3/23... was T-3rd in CACC in wins and fifth in strikeouts... enters senior campaign T-5th all-time at Felician in wins (13), second in saves (10) and fourth in strikeouts (173).
2014: Honorable-Mention All-CACC... made eight starts and 11 relief appearances... was 4-5 with a 2.98 ERA and four saves... gave up 67 hits with 60 strikeouts and 30 walks in 66 1/3 innings... put together 21-inning mid-season scoreless streak... tossed three-hitter with 12 strikeouts at Bloomfield 3/28... followed with six-hit shutout at Philadelphia U. 4/2... pitched last four innings to earn save in CACC Championshp Game 5/10... earned 100th career strikeout during long relief appearance at Southern New Hampshire during NCAA Regional 5/16... 5th in CACC in appearances and innings.... spent summer with the Morehead City Marlins of the Coastal Plain League.
2013: NJCBA Rookie Pitcher of the Year... in 27 games (one start) posted a 3-2 record, a 1.89 ERA, and five saves... allowed just 19 hits in 38 innings for an opponent batting average of .144... struck out 43 and walked 23... earned first career save vs. Southern Connecticut State 2/17... picked up first win against Assumption 3/4... saved a CACC Tournament win vs. Dominican 5/10... spent the summer with the ABCCL Langan Baseball Falcons.
Prior to Felician: All-county and second-team all-Shore for coach Jim Rankin at Jackson Liberty... was a two-time team MVP... played for the Farrah Builders summer/fall showcase program.
Personal: Elder of two children of John Holland and Patti Rocco... majoring in business administration... born 9/13/93 in Long Branch, N.J.
| YR | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | AVG | WP | HP | BK |
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| 2013 | 1.89 | 3-2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 43 | .144 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2.98 | 4-5 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 66.1 | 67 | 30 | 22 | 30 | 60 | .259 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3.09 | 6-5 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 70 | 55 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 70 | .215 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016* | 4.91 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 20 | .293 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1.43 | 8-1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 75.2 | 43 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 70 | .171 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 2.55 | 22-15 | 62 | 33 | 7 | 10 | 268.1 | 206 | 104 | 76 | 118 | 263 | .212 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
* received medical waiver
