Jason Holt '27 Recruiting Profile

Baseball is not just a hobby for me, it is a lifestyle. I grew up eating, sleeping, and breathing baseball. I have been playing baseball since I was 4 years old. I started playing T-Ball in a local rec league, continued playing rec ball until I was 12, and began playing travel ball at that time. I have been on some great teams and some not so great teams. I have played on many all-star teams, completed at the Dixie Youth 15 U World Series as a 12 year old, and currently play on an Elite Travel Team. Through these experiences, I have matured, grown physically and mentally, and I am confident that I would be an asset to your team.

Playing on as many teams as I have over the past 9 years I have been the youngest, the oldest, the smallest, and the biggest kid on the field depending on the team but regardless of age and size no one on any field out works me. Even at 13 years old, I make sacrifices like hanging out with friends, missing school dances, having free weekends, and turning down invitations to parties and instead spend my free time working out and training. I can guarantee that you will not find a player that works harder than I do. Baseball is my passion in life and I am willing to do whatever it takes to play as long as I can at any level possible. I am currently the fastest player on my Elite 13U team and I earned the golden glove for highest fielding percentage on last year’s team.

Juggling school and baseball at the same time has taught me how to prioritize my responsibilities and focus on my academics. I am an A-B honor student and often do homework driving from school to practice 5 days a week or traveling to tournaments over the weekends. My late grandfather once shared the importance of worth ethic—He said you may not always be the best kid on the team but you can always be the hardest worker on the field. I have lived by that advice and put blood, sweat, and tears into working as hard as I can to achieve my goals in life.

I have learned many life lessons on the ball field and these lessons have molded me into who I am as a person today. I have learned how to handle tough loses, how to win with good sportsmanship, how to dig deep within myself for one more rep at the end of a long practice, how to motivate my teammates, and how to remain self-disciplined. I am my biggest critic and I believe my biggest competition is always looking back at me in the mirror.

I have not chosen a college major yet and I am open to many different options based on the college I end up attending.  I live in Florida but I am willing to travel anywhere in the U.S. for a well-rounded college experience blending a great education to follow my lifelong dream of playing college baseball.