Austin Peay State University Athletics

Awards & Honors

APSU Dean's List: F22
APSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll: S23, S24, F24, S25

2025 | Austin Peay

• Appeared eight times on the mound in relief for the Govs, finishing the season with a 7.71 ERA and striking out seven batters over 4.2 innings.
• Had three appearances where he held opponents scoreless over at least an inning of work.
• Had back-to-back appearances where he struck out a pair of batters in each game at Bellarmine (March 28) and against Morehead State (April 15).

2024 | Austin Peay

• Appeared 17 times, including two starts, and finished the year with a 1-0 record with 32 strikeouts in 22.2 innings pitched.
• With 32 strikeouts on the season, he rounded out the year with a 12.71 K/9.
• Made his season debut against Western Illinois (February 18), going 1.2 innings first out of the pen for the Govs, striking out a pair in the 7-6 Game 3 win.
• Nabbed his first win of the season at home versus Maryland Eastern Shore (February 25), where he dealt for 5.0 relief innings, striking out seven and holding the Hawks scoreless for the rest of the game in the 14-3 win.
• Threw back-to-back scoreless relief appearances against Southeast Missouri (March 19) and Queens (March 22), striking out four and allowing just one walk and two hits in 3.0 innings of work.
• Had two four-game spans during the year, throwing at least 1.0 innings in each game.

2023 | Austin Peay 

• Made 26 appearances, including three starts, finishing with a 2-1 record with 35 strikeouts in 38.0 innings pitched.
• Appeared in Govs’ season opener against Illinois State (Feb. 17), struck out three batters, and allowed one earned run in 1.2 innings of work.
• Picked up first win as a Gov with 3.0 innings of work against Southern Illinois (Feb. 21), allowing two runs and striking out three.
• First Governors’ pitcher to notch multiple wins in 2023, picking up a relief victory against Purdue Fort Wayne (March 10); he went 5.0 scoreless innings and struck out six batters after coming in for the injured Nick James.
• Made first APSU start in Game 2 of the North Florida series (3/18) and went three innings. Also made ASUN starts at Liberty (March 25) and at Kennesaw State (April 7).
• Supplied two scoreless innings and was in line for the win against UT Martin (April 4) until late rallies by both teams.
• Following the outing against UT Martin, allowed just five earned runs the rest of the season, a stretch of 12 relief appearances (eight of those without allowing a run) totaling 14.1 innings (3.13 ERA).

2022 | Santa Barbara City College

• Appeared in five games, including one start, striking out eight batters in 5.0 innings and posting a 1-0 record.
• Struck out three batters in 1.1 innings of work at Allan Hancock College (March 18).
• Notched season’s win with 2.0 scoreless innings in a start at Los Angeles Pierce College (April 28), striking out two batters.

2020-21 | Santa Barbara City College

• Did not play in the first two years at Santa Barbara City College due to an injury.

Prep Career 

• Was a pitcher and outfielder for head coach Paul Buboltz at Desert Oasis High School in 2019.
• Led Desert Oasis to a Nevada Class 4A State Championship in 2019.
• Named to the Nevada Preps 2019 All-State baseball team and was a First Team All-Sunset/Desert Region selection.
• Played in 35 games as a senior in 2019, batting .436 with two home runs, 34 RBI, and 33 runs scored. Also pitched in 11 games, including eight starts, and struck out 47 batters in 38.1 innings pitched.
• Played 2018 season at Torrey Pines (Calif.) High School, appearing in 10 games on the mound and securing a 3-1 record and 2.37 ERA with 49 strikeouts in 38.1 innings pitched.
• Member of the Torrey Pines 2018 San Diego Section Open Division Championship team.
• Began prep career at Las Vegas’ Bishop Gorman High School playing in 2016 on the junior varsity team before joining the varsity squad in 2017.
• Originally signed with Southern California.
• Ranked the No. 2 left-handed pitcher in the state of Nevada’s Class of 2019 and No. 82 in the nation.

Personal

• Campbell Dayton Holt is the son of Karl and Frances Holt.
• Birthday is March 23.
• Has three siblings: Catherine, George, and Bourne.