Norfolk State University Athletics

2020 (Sophomore Year): Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring and the MEAC All-Academic Team … Competed in 11 games on the season before it was shut down due to COVID-19 … Had one hit in two at bats with a run scored, a walk and two stolen bases … Had a pinch hit single in a win over South Carolina State on Feb. 9 … Scored a run the day before in a contest at Presbyterian … Drew a pinch-hit walk and stole a base in game 1 at North Carolina State on March 10 … Also had a stolen base during a pinch-runner appearance on Feb. 22 versus Hartford.
 
2019 (Freshman Year): Appeared in 18 games on the season and made two starts in right field … Member of the AD’s Honor Roll in the spring … Had three hits in 18 at bats with two runs, a double, two RBI and two walks … Had her first career hit on Feb. 24, a double against Mount St. Mary’s … Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run and an RBI in a game 1 win over North Carolina A&T on March 15 … Hit a pinch-hit RBI single in a victory at Morgan State on March 23.
 
High School: Attended J.P. Knapp Early College, which does not field sports teams … Became first student from the school to earn an athletic scholarship since it was founded in 2008 … Member of the Beta Club National Honor Society all four years … Earned the President’s Education Award her senior year … Also garnered the Exemplar Mindset in Honors for English II as a sophomore … Got a head start on her college coursework after graduating from J.P. Knapp with an associate’s degree in science.
 
Club: Competed for two seasons for the Virginia Legacy Elite 18U team.
 
Personal: Full name is Mia Celina Holmes … Born on June 14, 2000 … Daughter of Carnielita and Gene Holmes … Has one older brothers, Gene III, one younger brother, Gabriel, and one older sister, Angelica … Father Gene went to Norfolk State … Majoring in computer science … Wants to pursue a master’s in cybersecurity.