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• Team captain for the second straight season.
• Named to the 2007-08 Big 12 winter sports Good Works team.
• On A&M's top 10 lists, Hollands ranks No. 5 in the 200 IM, No. 7 in the 100 back and No. 10 in the 200 back.
• An involved student, Holland served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative on the Department of Athletics' Senior Staff and was a member of the Aggie Wranglers.
2006-07 (Sophomore)
Scored 37 individual points with three career best efforts at the Big 12 Championships ... placed fourth in the 100 back (48.90) and sixth in the 200 back (1:48.14), won the consolation final of the the 200 IM (1:49.27) ... his strong effort at the Big 12 put him on three individual top 10 lists at A&M ... ranked in the top three on the team in all three events ... team captain ... named to the Big 12's Good Works team (winter sports).
2006-07 (Sophomore)
Scored 31 points at the Big 12 Championships ... reached the A final of the 100 backstroke and finished fifth in a time of 49.25, which made him the fifth-fastest backstroker in school history ... placed 14th in the 200 IM (1:54.64) ... also turned in a 45.30 split on the anchor of the Aggies' B 400 free relay ... team leader in the 100 back and ranked No. 2 on the team in the 200 back ... received the Aggie Heart Award at the inaugural team banquet.
2005-06 (Freshman)
Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 IM at the Big 12 Championships ... placed seventh in the 200 IM (1:52.00), eighth in the 100 back (50.25) and 10th in the 200 back (1:52.11) at the conference meet ... posted season bests in all three events ... placed third in the 200 back and fifth in the 100 back at the TAMU Fall Invitational ... at the Speedo Sectionals, Holland was second in the 100 free (46.56) and third in the 100 back (50.36) ... swam the backstroke leg on the winning 400 medley relay at the Speedo Sectionals.
High School/Club
2005 graduate of Jersey Village High School in Houston, Texas ... district and regional Competitor of the Year in 2005 ... all-district and all-region from 2002-05 ... as a senior, Holland placed third in the 100 back and ninth in the 200 IM at the Class 5A state meet ... as a junior, he finished ninth in the 100 back and 10th in the 200 IM at the state meet ... three-time district individual champion ... led team to the district and regional team crown as a senior ... set individual school records in the 50 free and 200 IM, and with the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay ... two-time all-region pick on the water polo team ... swam for Clayton Cagle and the Cy-Fair Swim Club (FLEET) for nine years.
Personal
Kyle Mitchell Holland is the son of Mike and Susan Holland of Houston, Texas ... born July 19, 1986 in Houston, Texas ... majoring in sport management ... his mother, as well as many aunts, uncles and cousins, are Former Students ... his mother and his uncle, Bob Leland, were collegiate swimmers.
Q&A
Favorite TV shows: The Office
In my iPod: Country
What I drive: Yellow Ford F-150
FX4 Crew Cab
Favorite movie: The Dark Knight
What I'm reading: Whatever I have
for my class
Bookmarked websites: TexAgs.com
Talent I'd most like to have: any talent
at all would be nice, or so I hear
Dream date: Anytime I'm with my Girly
Most competitive teammate: Brad Raiford
Which teammate would win at Survivor?
Brad Raiford
Which teammate could succeed at another sport and which sport: Snowflake,
something with Andres and Nikita
Pre-race music: Fightin' Texas Aggie Band Drum Cadence and It's Goin Down
by Young Joc
Something about me that most people don't know: I was an Aggie Wrangler
Favorite swimming set: sprinter weights
Favorite tradition at Texas A&M: 12th Man
And last, but not least ... Describe Coach Holmes in one word: Jay
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