Will Holland (baseball, born 1998)
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Holland graduated from Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, Georgia.[1] As a senior, he hit .436 with two home runs and 13 stolen bases.[2] Undrafted out of high school in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Auburn University to play college baseball for the Auburn Tigers.
As a freshman at Auburn in 2017, Holland batted .209 with three home runs and 18 RBI in 45 games.[3] He was named the SEC Freshman of the Week for the week of March 13–19 after going 6 for 15 at the plate, hitting one home run with four RBI and three runs scored.[4] He played in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League that summer.[5] In 2018, as a sophomore, Holland had a breakout year in which he slashed .313/.406/.530 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI in 66 games.[6][7][8] He was named to the All-SEC Second Team and to the ABCA All-South Region Team.[9][10] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks along with playing for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[11][12] Prior to the 2019 season, Holland was named a preseason All-American by multiple outlets including Perfect Game and D1Baseball.com.[13][14] He struggled his junior year, finishing the season batting .246 with nine home runs and 35 RBI over 64 games.[15]