Georgia State University Athletics

ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List, 2016-17; 2017-18; 2018-19
• President’s List, Spring 2019
• Dean’s List, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018; Fall 2018; Fall 2019
• Enrolled in Georgia State’s Honors College
               
AT GEORGIA STATE: Left-footed, rugby-style punter from Australia ... Four-year letterwinner (2016-19) who joined the program for the fall of 2016 ... Appeared in two bowl games (2017, 2019) ... Career average of 37.9 yards with 17 of 45 punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... Outstanding student who earned his degree in the summer of 2019 and played his final season while enrolled in graduate school.
               
2019: Punted seven times for a 36.6-yard average ... Five of his seven punts were either fair caught (three) or downed inside the 20-yard line (two) ... Played in every game as the holder on placements.
               
2018: Served as the holder on PAT-FG.
               
2017: Shared punting duties with Brandon Wright ... Punted 32 times for a 38.3-yard average with 14 punts downed inside the 20-yard line ... Averaged over 40 yards in four games, with a high of 41.5 vs. Tennessee State ... Downed three punts inside the 20 against Penn State and Charlotte.
               
2016: Played in three games and punted six times for a 37.5-yard average ... Career-long 64-yard punt at Air Force, which equals the fourth-longest punt in school history ... Also punted against ULM and Georgia Southern.
               
BACKGROUND: Attended Melbourne Grammar School ... Member of ProKick Australia, the famed punting academy based in Melbourne and run by Nathan Chapman and John Smith ... Australian Rules Football player who also participated in swimming, diving and water polo.
               
PERSONAL: Full name is Oliver Charles Reid Holdenson ... Born Oct. 15, 1996 ... Son of Paul and Penny Holdenson.