2020 Baseball Roster

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27 Josh Hollifield

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 210
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Weddington, N.C.
  • Highschool Weddington

Biography

2020: One of five Keydets to start in all 17 games … locked down the third base spot was second on the team with 16 hits … batted .258 eight RBI and five runs scored … had three hits at Old Dominion on March 3 … was 2-3 with a double and three RBI in first game against Quinnipiac on March 1 … opened the season at North Florida on 2/14 going 2-2 with a walk and a HBP.

2019: Ranked 66th in all of Division I with 19 doubles … went 3-5 with two doubles in SoCon Tourney game vs. Wofford 5/22 … was 3-5 with two doubles and two RBI in 10-4 win at Furman on 5/3 … hit safely in all three games of Western Carolina series, 4/26-28, driving in five runs … went 3-4 with a triple at Wofford on 4/13 in the first game of a doubleheader … had three hits and an RBI at Radford on 4/9 … had five hits in the ETSU series with two doubles … went 2-4 with a double and two RBI in 5-4 SoCon victory against Samford 3/31 … had six hits in three-game series 3/15-17 vs. Lehigh with three doubles … slapped a pair of doubles against #14 Clemson on Feb. 23.

2018: Limited to 11 games as a sophomore due to injury...went 2 for 22 on the year...started two games in George Washington series, including a start at 1B as the team was besieged by illness...went 1 for 5 with two walks and three runs scored in those games, but played only twice the rest of the year due to arm injury.

2017: Played in 44 games as a true freshman...hit .219 with two homers and 12 RBI, primarily playing third base...hit .257 with both of his homers over the final six weeks of the season, showing a great deal of improvement at the plate...had season-high three hits in season finale vs. #7 ETSU...also had two hits in conference tourney win over Wofford...homered in mid-May games against Furman and James Madison...went 2 for 4 with four RBI and his first career extra-base hit (a double) to key 3/18 win at Elon...started each of the season's first 12 games...had back to back two-hit games in first two games against Bucknell, 2/24-25...had his first collegiate hit Feb. 18 vs. #24 UNCW.

High School/Personal: Was ranked as the #11 shortstop in North Carolina by Perfect Game, which also tabbed him among the top 150 SS' and 500 players in the nation...played on Weddington's 2013 N.C. 3A State Championship team...played for Dirtbags Showcase program for three seasons...played for North East Baseball (Ayer, Mass.) in 2015 Perfect Game/Evoshield National Championship and was named to the all-tournament team...suited up for Atlanta Blue Jays during fall of 2015, a team that was selected by the New York Mets to participate in the Metropolitan Island Games, held in Puerto Rico...2014 Southeast and National Underclass Showcase Top Prospect Team...2015 Perfect Game WWBA Southeast Qualifier All-Tournament Team...intends to major in economics and business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2016-17Freshman

    Third Baseman/Shortstop
    6'3" 200 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2017-18Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'2" 210 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'2" 210 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Infielder
    6'2" 210 lbs
    27