Jeff Holm Baseball Player

MLB Draft Update: Jeff Holm Selected in 12th Round by Detroit

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State senior first baseman Jeff Holm was selected in the 12th round (No. 377 overall) of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

Holm, the 2011 Big Ten Player of the Year and a third-team Louisville Slugger All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball, led the conference in RBIs with 61 and ranked second in batting average (.376) and tied for second home runs (9). He became the first Spartan to earn All-America honors since Bob Malek in 2002 and is just the second player in program history, along with Malek, to be named Big Ten Player of the Year.

Holm also became just the second first baseman at MSU to garner All-America accolades and the first since Jerry Sutton made the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) third team in 1963. He was also voted by his teammates as the John Kobs Most Valuable Player as well as the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year.

"This is an awesome feeling," said Holm. "I'd been listening for a couple of hours and hadn't heard anything, and as soon as I stopped paying attention, I heard Michigan State and ran over to the computer and saw my name. A lot of my teammates were into the Tigers, so I did become a Tigers fan, and playing at Comerica Park (on April 20 vs. Central Michigan) was pretty special too.

"In high school it seemed like it was so far away, and four years of college seemed like such a long time, but that ended and this came up real quick," said Holm of reaching his dream of playing professional baseball. "It's a great time in my life right now."

The product of St. Charles, Ill., ranked among the top 10 Big Ten leaders in 10 statistical categories (batting, slugging, on-base percentage, runs, hits, RBIs, home runs, total bases, sacrifice flies, stolen bases). He was clutch all season, as he led the team with 10 game-winning RBIs, including six in Big Ten play, while also ranking first on the team with 18 two-out RBIs. Among Big Ten first basemen, Holm ranked first in batting, homers, RBIs, slugging (.588), on-base percentage (.441), runs (51), stolen bases (20), hits (85) and total bases (133) in 2011. His 61 RBIs rank fourth most in an MSU season, while the 85 hits are fifth most.

"I didn't get drafted last year, which made me upset but also motivated me a lot," Holm said. "I played probably harder than I ever had last summer just to prove a point that I could play professionally.

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Round (No. 616 overall) by the Oakland Athletics.

This marks the eighth straight year at least one Spartan has been selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.

The MLB Draft resumes Wednesday at noon with rounds 31-50. Follow live at www.mlb.com.

JEFF HOLM – 6-3 – 210 – 1B/OF – St. Charles, Ill. – North High School

Holm, the 2011 Big Ten Player of the Year and a third-team Louisville Slugger All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball, led the conference in RBIs with 61 and ranked second in batting average (.376) and tied for second home runs (9). He became the first Spartan to earn All-America honors since Bob Malek in 2002 and is just the second player in program history, along with Malek, to be named Big Ten Player of the Year.

Holm also became just the second first baseman at MSU to garner All-America accolades and the first since Jerry Sutton made the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) third team in 1963. He was also voted by his teammates as the John Kobs Most Valuable Player as well as the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year.

“This is an awesome feeling,” said Holm. “I’d been listening for a couple of hours and hadn’t heard anything, and as soon as I stopped paying attention, I heard Michigan State and ran over to the computer and saw my name. A lot of my teammates were into the Tigers, so I did become a Tigers fan, and playing at Comerica Park (on April 20 vs. Central Michigan) was pretty special too.

“In high school it seemed like it was so far away, and four years of college seemed like such a long time, but that ended and this came up real quick,” said Holm of reaching his dream of playing professional baseball. “It’s a great time in my life right now.”

The product of St. Charles, Ill., ranked among the top 10 Big Ten leaders in 10 statistical categories (batting, slugging, on-base percentage, runs, hits, RBIs, home runs, total bases, sacrifice flies, stolen bases). He was clutch all season, as he led the team with 10 game-winning RBIs, including six in Big Ten play, while also ranking first on the team with 18 two-out RBIs.

Among Big Ten first basemen, Holm ranked first in batting, homers, RBIs, slugging (.588), on-base percentage (.441), runs (51), stolen bases (20), hits (85) and total bases (133) in 2011. His 61 RBIs rank fourth most in an MSU season, while the 85 hits are fifth most.

“I didn’t get drafted last year, which made me upset but also motivated me a lot,” Holm said. “I played probably harder than I ever had last summer just to prove a point that I could play professionally. Fortunately, I could bring that out this year as well.

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