2020 (Senior Year): Appeared in 15 matches and 54 sets for Illinois State in her final season as a Redbird … landed a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … placed on the MVC All-Tournament Team … finished her career No. 13 in program history in hitting percentage (.261), after leading the team with a .330 percentage in 2020-21 … turned in seven double-digit kill performances, including a four-set career-high 14 kills against Loyola (4/3) in the Valley tournament … registered an attack percentage at or above .300 in 11 matches, including five matches at a .500 or better clip … wrapped up her career with 269 block assists and 301 total blocks to rank 16th and 17th, respectively, in the ISU record book … Fall 2020 season moved to spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (Junior Year): Appeared in all 34 matches and 132 sets for the Redbirds, moving to a starting role as a middle blocker … earned a spot on the All-MVC First Team … placed on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team … named to the North Texas Invitational and ORU Invitational All-Tournament Teams … finished first on the team in hitting percentage (.303) and third in the league … set the junior by-class record with 144 block assists, ranking second all-time in a single season in the category … tallied 160 total blocks to lead the MVC, averaging 1.21 blocks per set … turned in double-digit kill performances in 19 matches, setting a career-high 17 kills in a five-set win at Valpo (11/15) … moved into ISU’s top-25 in career attacking percentage, block assists, blocks per set, total blocks and service attempts.
2018 (Sophomore Year): Appeared in 24 matches, including the ISU’s last five matches to close the season, covering 48 sets … finished sixth on the team in total blocks (26.0) … tallied season-high nine kills in ISU’s win against Tulsa (9/14) … dished out a pair of assists and collected eight digs … registered five blocks in ISU’s thrilling five-set win over No. 25 UNI to close the home slate with a perfect 9-0 record.
2017 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 32 matches with 25 starts, covering 103 sets … finished third on the team in hitting percentage (.206) and kills (221) with the fourth-best kills per set (2.15) … tabulated a perfect 1.000 serve percentage eight times, with a season-high 21 serves against Bradley (10/13) and Indiana State (11/17) … collected the seventh-most digs (93) during her rookie year, with a season-high eight against Southern Illinois (9/23) and UNI (10.27) … registered three service aces at Northern Illinois (9/12).
Eureka HS: Four-year member and three-year starter for the volleyball team … earned all-conference honors in final three seasons, including first-team status as a junior and senior … earned all-district recognition all four years, including first-team honors in each of her final two seasons … tallied career totals of 820 kills and 235 blocks … served as a team captain in final two seasons … named her team’s MVP as a junior … active in the club ranks as well, and helped her club team finish third in open division at 2016 junior national championships … also played basketball for two seasons … named to the high honor roll.
Personal: Sydney R. Holt … born Aug. 13, 1999 … daughter of Matthew and Becky Holt … has three sisters: Bailey, Emma and Abby … mother played volleyball at West Virginia … grandfather played football at Virginia … majoring in exercise science.
