Sophomore Year 2026

JCCC Student-Athlete Academic Award recipient ... Ranked No. 75 on Perfect Game USA’s Top-500 Prospect List for 2026.

Freshman Year 2025

Earned All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division honorable mention … Made 24 appearances, all in relief … Had a record of 3-0 and led the conference and tied for first in the NJCAA with 11 saves, just one shy of the program record … Had 70 strikeouts in 56 and one-third innings with an ERA of 3.36 … His totals for innings pitched and strikeouts were most among JCCC’s relievers and his 70 strikeouts were third-most among all pitchers … Earned his first save in JCCC’s season opener, allowing three hits, zero runs with two strikeouts over three innings pitched in a 9-3 victory at Amarillo (2-1-25) … Called upon to pithed five and two-thirds innings of relief in a 2-1 win over Crowder and allowed just three hits, no runs and struck out five to earn his first victory (2-6-25) … Allowed a hit and struck out three in an inning of work in a4-0 over Allen (3-6-25) … Struck out four in an one and two-thirds innings in a 5-1 win at Allen (3-8-25) … Notched win number two with four perfect innings and eight strikeouts in an 11-5 win at Highland (3-13-25) … Earned a save in each of his next five appearances … Allowed a run off two hits with two strikeouts over three innings  in a 5-3 win at Kansas City Kansas (3-27-25) … Two days later allowed one run off two this with a strikeout in one inning to hold on to an 8-7 win over the Blue Devils (3-29-25) … Logged three innings with allowing a run or a hit while striking out six in a 7-3 win against Labette (4-3-25) … Allowed three runs, four hits and struck out four over two and two-third innings in a 5-4 win over Neosho County (4-12-25) … Struck out two in a mop up inning in a 23-0 win over Baker JV (4-21-25) … Allowed just one hit in one and one-third inning to earn a save in a 6-1 win against Coffeyville (4-23-25) … Was the pitcher of record in an 8-7 win over Garden City in the opening game of the Region 6/Plains District Tournament (5-7-25) … Allowed two runs off three hits, walked three and struck out four over three innings against the Broncbusters … Earned three consecutive saves to help the Cavaliers capture the Region 6/Plains District title and was named the MVP of the tournament … Scattered four hits over four innings, allowing zero runs with a season-high nine strikeouts in a 9-1 win over Kansas City Kanas (5-14-25) … Pitched the final two-thirds of an inning to earn a save in a 9-6 win over Cowley in the semifinals (3-15-25) … Hurled two and one-third perfect innings with two strikeouts to hold off Cloud County in a 6-4 win in the championship game (5-16-25) ... JCCC Student-Athlete Academic Award recipient.

High School

Was a four-year starter for coach Kyle Ferguson at Nebraska City High School, Nebraska City, Neb. … Graduated 2024 … Rated the No. 78 overall player in the state of Nebraska and No. 22 right-handed pitcher by Prep Baseball Report in 2024 …Was a three-time All-Trailblazer Conference selection … Named honorable mention as a sophomore, second-team as a junior and first-team his senior season … Also named All-District first-team following junior campaign … Had 43 strikeouts over 34 innings with an ERA of 2.06 as a sophomore … As a junior logged 35.1 innings with 56 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.39 … Mowed down 47 batters over 32.2 innings with an ERA of 1.93 his senior year … Had 147 career strikeouts in 102 innings of work … Hit .349 with 29 hits, three doubles, a triple, 14 runs and 21 RBI as a junior … Hit .283 with 15 hits, four doubles, a home run, 11 runs and seven driven in his senior year … Also earned four varsity letters in football and two in basketball … Honor roll student.

Personal

Born Keston Edward Holman on November 20, 2005, in Nebraska City, Neb. … Son of Jason and Kassi Holman … Has two brothers, Quintin and Dylan … His brother Quintin pitched at Tabor College … Majoring in kinesiology … Career ambition is to be a personal trainer … Also recruited by Allen Community College, Cloud County Community College, North Iowa Area Community College, Southeastern Community College, Southwestern Community College and Wabash Community College … Favorite fast food restaurants are Raising Canes and Runza … Favorite restaurant is Olive Gardens … Favorite TV show is Suits … Favorite movie is Twisters … Favorite sports movie is Moneyball … Favorite actor and actress are Glen Powell and Megan Fox … Favorite music entertainer is Drake .. Favorite cartoon character is Eric Cartman … Favorite sports teams are the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bears … Greatest sport moment was getting a pick six, forcing two fumbles and catching a touchdown pass in the homecoming game his senior year … Best player he has played against Kale Fountain, the San Diego Padres round 5 selection in the 2024 MLB Draft.