Travis Holmes
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Travis Holmes
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| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|9}}
| birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
| high school =
- Vance
(Charlotte, North Carolina) - Christ School
(Arden, North Carolina)
| college = VMI (2005–2009)
| draft_year = 2009
| career_start = 2009
| career_end = 2013
| years1 = 2010 | team1 = Rio Grande Valley Vipers
| years2 = 2011–2012 | team2 = Njarðvík
| years3 = 2012 | team3 = Maccabi Hod HaSharon
| years4 = 2012–2013 | team4 = Surrey Heat
| highlights =
- NCAA steals leader (2007)
- Second-team All-Big South (2009)
- Big South Defensive Player of the Year (2007)
- Big South All-Freshman team (2006)
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Travis Holmes (born May 9, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Surrey United of the British Basketball League (BBL). He played college basketball for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets basketball program. He was named to the 2009 Second Team All-Big South Conference.
High school career
Travis and his twin brother, Chavis, began playing high school basketball at Vance High School in Charlotte. The team won the 2002–03 North Carolina state championship. Holmes played the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina. In his senior season, Holmes averaged 19.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.0 steals a game. He was awarded Piedmont Athletic Conference of Independent Schools Most Valuable Player in 2005 and his team won the state championship that same year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43816&SPID=3897&DB_OEM_ID=9800&ATCLID=1425026&Q_SEASON=2008 |title=Travis Holmes - VMIKeydets.com - the Official Site of Virginia Military Institute Athletics |access-date=2009-06-11 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190054/https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43816&SPID=3897&DB_OEM_ID=9800&ATCLID=1425026&Q_SEASON=2008 |url-status=dead }}
College career
In 2005, Travis and his brother became the third set of twins to play basketball at the Virginia Military Institute. In his sophomore season Holmes led the nation in steals with 111 while averaging 3.4 steals a game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/stats|title = 2008–09 NCAA Division I College Basketball Player Statistics – ESPN}} He set a school record with 11 steals in one game against Bridgewater. Holmes' strong defensive play earned him a spot on the 2007 All-Big South Tournament Team. In his senior season Holmes earned Second Team All-Big South Conference honors and a spot on the Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State Team.http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3706388&DB_OEM_ID=4800 In 2009 the Holmes brothers became the NCAA's all-time leading scoring twins.http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9660086/CHAVIS,-TRAVIS-HOLMES-POISED-TO-BREAK-ALL-TIME-TWIN-SCORING-MARK-{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Travis-Holmes-22753/ Travis Holmes] at draftexpress.com
- [http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Travis_Holmes/92510 Travis Holmes] at eurobasket.com
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/travis-holmes-1.html Travis Holmes] at sports-reference.com
- [http://kki.is/motamal/leikir-og-urslit/motayfirlit/Leikmadur?league_id=undefined&season_id=11953&player_id=1153403 Úrvalsdeild stats] at kki.is
{{NCAA Division I men's basketball steals champion}}
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