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Hardin and Holcombe Named Top 50 Impact JUCO Transfers by D1 Baseball
January 05, 2023 | Baseball
Hardin and Holcombe join the Diamond Dawgs for the 2023 season
STARKVILLE – Tyson Hardin and Colby Holcombe have been named to the Top 50 Impact JUCO Transfers for the upcoming season, D1 Baseball announced.
Both are right-handed pitchers, and Holcombe comes in at No. 19 while Hardin comes in at No. 25. Earlier this week, D1 Baseball announced the Top 100 Impact Transfers, and the Diamond Dawgs had six on the list. Click here to read more on the Top 100 Impact Transfers.
Holcombe comes to MSU from Northeast Mississippi CC after a record-breaking campaign. In his lone season at Northeast Mississippi CC, he became the first Tiger to earn Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) Pitcher of the Year and was named First Team All-American by the NJCAA.
Holcombe set the program record for most strikeouts in a single season with 115, the fourth-best in the country by an NJCAA pitcher. He posted a 2.60 ERA as he pitched a team-best 65.2 innings. He went 7-3 on the season. Over his first three starts for Northeast Mississippi CC, Holcombe pitched 16 innings, only allowed three hits, and tallied 29 strikeouts.
Hardin joins the Diamond Dawgs after playing at Daytona State College. He was named the team's Pitcher of the Year in 2021 and, in two years, made 38 appearances with 15 starts. He pitched 89.2 innings and had 88 strikeouts at Daytona State College.
In 2022, Hardin appeared in 21 games and had a record of 5-3 with one save in 51.2 innings. He tallied 56 strikeouts and only allowed 13 walks in those 51.2 innings. Against Webber International, Harding had seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work as he picked up the win.
The 2023 season gets underway on Feb. 17 when the Diamond Dawgs host VMI in a three-game series at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville.
Mississippi State's 56-game schedule features 33 home games, 16 road contests, and seven neutral-site matchups. The schedule features a pair of lengthy homestands, as Dudy Noble Field hosts an 8-game homestand to open the campaign (Feb. 18 - 26), followed by nine straight home games from March 21-April 4.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the baseball program. Fans can also follow the program on social media by searching 'HailStateBB' on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Both are right-handed pitchers, and Holcombe comes in at No. 19 while Hardin comes in at No. 25. Earlier this week, D1 Baseball announced the Top 100 Impact Transfers, and the Diamond Dawgs had six on the list. Click here to read more on the Top 100 Impact Transfers.
Holcombe comes to MSU from Northeast Mississippi CC after a record-breaking campaign. In his lone season at Northeast Mississippi CC, he became the first Tiger to earn Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) Pitcher of the Year and was named First Team All-American by the NJCAA.
Holcombe set the program record for most strikeouts in a single season with 115, the fourth-best in the country by an NJCAA pitcher. He posted a 2.60 ERA as he pitched a team-best 65.2 innings. He went 7-3 on the season. Over his first three starts for Northeast Mississippi CC, Holcombe pitched 16 innings, only allowed three hits, and tallied 29 strikeouts.
Hardin joins the Diamond Dawgs after playing at Daytona State College. He was named the team's Pitcher of the Year in 2021 and, in two years, made 38 appearances with 15 starts. He pitched 89.2 innings and had 88 strikeouts at Daytona State College.
In 2022, Hardin appeared in 21 games and had a record of 5-3 with one save in 51.2 innings. He tallied 56 strikeouts and only allowed 13 walks in those 51.2 innings. Against Webber International, Harding had seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work as he picked up the win.
The 2023 season gets underway on Feb. 17 when the Diamond Dawgs host VMI in a three-game series at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville.
Mississippi State's 56-game schedule features 33 home games, 16 road contests, and seven neutral-site matchups. The schedule features a pair of lengthy homestands, as Dudy Noble Field hosts an 8-game homestand to open the campaign (Feb. 18 - 26), followed by nine straight home games from March 21-April 4.
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the baseball program. Fans can also follow the program on social media by searching 'HailStateBB' on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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