2012:
Consensus freshman all-American (Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA, Perfect Game) after a dazzling rookie campaign • Carded a 2-1 record with nine saves (tied for seventh in SEC) and a remarkable 0.32 earned run average in 24 appearances • Recorded 30 strikeouts and allowed just one earned run in 28.1 innings pitched • Set school record for consecutive scoreless innings pitched, opening his career with 27.1 innings of shutout pitching • Made his collegiate debut retiring the two batters he faced against Washington State (Feb. 17) • Recorded his first career save with two shutout, no-hit innings of relief against Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 26) • Earned his first career win and pitched a season-longest 2.2 innings against Lipscomb (Mar. 4) • Struck out a season-best four in State's shutout win against South Alabama (Apr. 14)• Earned a win and eight saves in his final 11 outings • Five of those saves came during his 11 SEC relief appearances (0.00, 11 strikeouts, 11.2 innings pitched) • Went 1-0 with three saves in four SECT relief stints to join two other Bulldogs on the 2012 SEC All-Tournament Team • Represented MSU on the 2012 SEC All-Freshman Team • Named to the 2012 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll • Finished with a 3-1 record, two saves and a 1.99 earned run average last summer in 14 relief appearances (22.2 innings pitched) with Cape Cod Collegiate League champion Wareham.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Three-year starting first baseman/pitcher at Gulfport High School • Coached by Tim Dowdy • Earned first-team Mississippi Association of Coaches All-State and second-team Jackson Clarion-Ledger All-State and Biloxi Sun Herald All-Coast Team honors in 2011 • Hit .383 with eight doubles, eight home runs and 19 RBI • Sparkled on the mound with a 9-1 record, compiling a 1.36 earned run average with 87 strikeouts in 61 innings • Invited to compete in the Crossroad Diamond Club All-Star Game • Paced the Admirals with a .429 batting average, 40 hits, 43 RBI, 12 doubles and 10 home runs as a junior in 2010 • Blasted two grand slams in one game his junior season • Also fashioned a 3-5 pitching mark with a 2.62 ERA and a staff-best 51 strikeouts in 48 innings • Named to the MAC All-State second unit and the Sun Herald All-South Mississippi Team in 2010 • Hit .313 and posted a 7-3 record with a 2.26 ERA in 2009 • Played summer league baseball with Marucci Elite, coached by Chad Rales, and with the Gulf Coast Hurricanes, coached by Rick Caver • Honor roll student and member of the GHS Key Club.

PERSONAL:
Born Jonathan Blake Holder on June 9, 1993 in Gulfport, Miss. • Son of Sindy and Herbie Holder of Gulfport, Miss. • Majoring in business administration.