2019 Men's Soccer Roster
Kyle Holcomb
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Marcos, Calif.
- High School:
- San Marcos HS
Drafted with the No. 29-overall pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by Charlotte FC
Wake Forest Records
- Tied for No. 7 in program history in career goals (33)
- No. 9 in program history in career points (74)
Career Awards
- 2021 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
- 2021 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-American
- 2021 United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-South Region
- 2021 All-ACC First-Team Selection
- 2021 College Soccer News Second-Team All-American
- 2021 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third-Team
- 2021 College Soccer News Preseason All-America Third-Team
- 2021 ACC Preseason Watch List
- 2020-21 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third-Team
- 2020-21 Wake Forest Most Valuable Player
- 2020 All-ACC Third-Team Selection
- College Soccer News Player of the Week (May 10, 2021)
- ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, 2020)
- 2018 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Freshman Team
2021 (Senior)
Capped off his career starting all 20 of his appearances during his senior season … Was named to the ACC Preseason Watch List before earning First-Team All-ACC honors ... Led the Demon Deacons in goals (12) and points (28) while collecting a career-high four assists … His 12 goals were a personal best as well and the most by a Demon Deacon since Omir Fernandez's 12 during the 2018 season … Wake Forest was 10-1-0 when Holcomb found the back of the net … Recorded back-to-back three-point performances against Bucknell (Aug. 29) and Cornell (Sept. 4) … Opened scoring in a 3-1 victory over No. 5 Pitt on Sept. 17 … Recorded six goals in a seven-match span from Oct. 5-Nov. 3 … Registered a brace in a 2-1 victory over Mercer in the first round of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship … Also collected a goal in a second round victory at FIU.
2020-21 (Junior)
Appeared in 17 matches with 16 starts, recording team highs in goals (nine) and points (20) ... Converted on a penalty kick in the team’s season-opening 3-1 victory vs. Louisville … Tallied a pair of goals in a 4-1 victory over NC State on Oct. 3 … Headed home the game-winning overtime goal in a 1-0 victory against No. 3 North Carolina … Was named ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance … Had a goal and an assist in the fall regular season finale vs. NC State on Nov. 7 ... Scored the game-winning goal at Notre Dame on March 20 ... Collected a brace against Kentucky in a 2-1 Round of 16 victory over Kentucky in the 2020 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship ... Also scored a goal against North Carolina in the Elite Eight.
Appeared in 19 matches, scoring 9 goals...notched the highest shooting percentage of any player with at least 3 shot attempts per match
2018 (Freshman)
Played in 15 games and made seven starts, but missed the final five games due to injury ... Finished the year with eight points on three goals and two assists ... Scored a golden goal in double overtime to beat No. 2 Indiana in his collegiate debut (Aug. 24) ... Also scored at Clemson (Sept. 21), and netted the game-winner against UNCG (Oct. 2) ... Recorded assists against Georgia Southern (Sept. 11) and Boston College (Oct. 12) ... Took 23 total shots, 13 of them on target ... Picked to the TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Freshman Team and rated as the No. 27 freshman nationally at midseason.
Background
Rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the No. 26 recruit in the country, as well as the No. 7 forward and a four-star prospect ... Spent time with the U.S. U-18 and U-19 National Teams ... Was the top scorer in the Western Division Academy in three consecutive seasons from 2015-17 ... With his club team, Pateadores FC, he scored 28 goals in 22 games in 2017 and 26 goals in 27 games in 2016 ... Won a national title with Pateadores in 2013 ... Chose Wake Forest over Stanford, Duke, Cal and San Diego State.
Personal
Born on Feb. 24, 2000 ... Son of Eric and Rana Holcomb ... Majoring in biology ... Uncle, Chuck Lively, played college soccer at Fresno State ... Majoring in Biology.
