2024 Volleyball Roster
Roster
Holdem, Taylah
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Jersey Number 14
Taylah Holdem
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- High School:
- Burnside
Bio
Pronunciation: TAY-luh HOLD-um
SOPHOMORE (2024): Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 95 sets across 27 matches making 18 starts ... Finished the season with 157 kills to rank third on the team ... Posted 153 digs on 1.61 digs per set to finish third on the team in digs ... Her 16 digs against Purdue Fort Wayne set a new career high ... Set a new career-best with five blocks at Maryland on Nov. 7 ... Also had 17 service aces.
FRESHMAN (2023): Appeared in 116 sets, one of two players on the team not to miss a set all season. Played in and started all 31 matches ... Named Second Team All-B1G and All-B1G Freshman Team ... First MSU freshman named to All-Freshman Team since 2014 ... Led the team with 399 kills, 3.88 points per set, 3.44 kills per set and 33 aces ... Ranked No. 3 in program history for kills, kills/set by a freshman ... Was second on the team in digs (238) and digs per set (2.05) ... Led all B1G freshmen in scoring during B1G play (4.03 points per set) ... Named to All-Tournament Team at Kathy DeBoer Invitational ... Earned B1G Freshman of the Week on Nov. 6 ... Her 25 kills on Sept. 29 were the most in a match by an MSU freshman since Erin Hartley (28, 1998).
PRIOR TO MSU: Holdem was a four-year player at Silverbacks VBC under head coach Sam Ryburn and a five-year player at Burnside High School in Christchurch, New Zealand ... In September 2022, Holdem traveled to Turkey to play in the 2022 U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships ... Holdem qualified after placing 5th at the Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships held in Roi-et, Thailand in June ... Holdem was selected to play for the Southern Pounamu team in the New Zealand National Volleyball League (NVL) in which the top 12 players nationally were selected ... Beach doubles partner Rosa Vesty plays in the B1G at Iowa.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Leanna and Glenn Holdem ... Has one brother, Flynn.
SOPHOMORE (2024): Academic All-B1G ... Appeared in 95 sets across 27 matches making 18 starts ... Finished the season with 157 kills to rank third on the team ... Posted 153 digs on 1.61 digs per set to finish third on the team in digs ... Her 16 digs against Purdue Fort Wayne set a new career high ... Set a new career-best with five blocks at Maryland on Nov. 7 ... Also had 17 service aces.
FRESHMAN (2023): Appeared in 116 sets, one of two players on the team not to miss a set all season. Played in and started all 31 matches ... Named Second Team All-B1G and All-B1G Freshman Team ... First MSU freshman named to All-Freshman Team since 2014 ... Led the team with 399 kills, 3.88 points per set, 3.44 kills per set and 33 aces ... Ranked No. 3 in program history for kills, kills/set by a freshman ... Was second on the team in digs (238) and digs per set (2.05) ... Led all B1G freshmen in scoring during B1G play (4.03 points per set) ... Named to All-Tournament Team at Kathy DeBoer Invitational ... Earned B1G Freshman of the Week on Nov. 6 ... Her 25 kills on Sept. 29 were the most in a match by an MSU freshman since Erin Hartley (28, 1998).
PRIOR TO MSU: Holdem was a four-year player at Silverbacks VBC under head coach Sam Ryburn and a five-year player at Burnside High School in Christchurch, New Zealand ... In September 2022, Holdem traveled to Turkey to play in the 2022 U19 Beach Volleyball World Championships ... Holdem qualified after placing 5th at the Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships held in Roi-et, Thailand in June ... Holdem was selected to play for the Southern Pounamu team in the New Zealand National Volleyball League (NVL) in which the top 12 players nationally were selected ... Beach doubles partner Rosa Vesty plays in the B1G at Iowa.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Leanna and Glenn Holdem ... Has one brother, Flynn.
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