Cotuit Kettleers Baseball -- Daylan Holt

From Mesquite TX ... named to Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA Preseason All-American Teams, respectively ... following last season was named First-Team All-American by ABCA, Baseball America and NCBWA ... was selected First-Team All-Big 12 by the Austin American-Statesman, the Dallas Morning-News and the Big 12 Coaches ... led the nation in home runs last season with 34, four more than any other player ... finished last season tied for second in the nation with 105 RBI ... was No. 17 in the nation in slugging percentage (.794) ... his 34 homers eclipsed the previous A&M single-season home run record by nine ... summer of '99 he played for Team USA and hit .274 with 7 home runs and 29 RBI after a slow start ... second-team Freshman All-America according to Baseball America hitting .316 with seven home runs and 48 RBI in 1998 ... played summer baseball in the Cape Cod League in '98 and led the league in home runs and was named to the All-Star team... a preseason third-team All-America by Baseball America before the 1999 campaign ... drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1997 major league draft in the 27th round es ... his greatest athletic thrill was going to the College World Series ... also lettered one year in football as a linebacker ... son of David and Deliah Holt ... nickname “D-Holt” ... agricultural economics major. Favorites: Pro Team: Atlanta Braves; Pro Athlete: Tony Gwynn; movie: Bull Durham; Actor: Kevin Costner; Actress: Sandra Bullock; Music: Country; Musical Group: George Strait; TV Show: ESPN Baseball Tonight; Food: McDonald’s #3 Extra Value Meal: Supersized with a Coke; Book: The Mental Game of Baseball; Former Athlete: Mickey Mantle; Car: Hummer

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