Steven Holtz

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
D
Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Hometown:
White Lake, Mich.
S/C:
R
Prev School:
Penticton (USHL)

Senior Year (2023-24)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named to The 50 Most Interesting Athletes list
• Recorded two assists in 12-4 victory over Stonehill (1/12)
• Tallied an assist in 7-1 victory at Michigan State (1/19)
• Assisted on one goal at Duel in the D vs. Michigan State (2/10)
• Collected an assist in the NCAA regional semifinal against North Dakota (3/29)

Junior Year (2022-23)
• Finalist for the Derek Hines Award
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Medical crisis in November in which he was in a medically induced coma (USCHO story, CHN story)
• Returned to the ice on Feb. 3 versus Wisconsin
• Played in 25 games and had one goals and six assists, +11 with 32 blocked shots
• Recorded a pair of assists in 9-2 win over Boston University (10/14)
• Assisted on a goal in 5-4 victory vs. WMU (10/28)
• Contributed an assist in 4-2 win over #15 MSU (2/10)
• Registered an assist in 3-3 tie (SO loss) at #10 Ohio State (2/16)
• Scored and assisted on a goal in B1G Tournament first round series sweep vs. Wisconsin (3/3, 3/4)

Sophomore Year (2021-22)
• B1G All-Academic Team
• Tallied his first assist of the season in 5-1 win at PSU (11/11)
• Contributed an assist in 5-4 OT loss vs. ND (11/20)
• Recorded an assist in 6-1 victory over Niagara (11/26)
• Assisted on two goals in 6-2 win vs. Minnesota (12/4)

Freshman Year (2020-21)
• Did not see game action

Before Michigan
• Played last year with Penticton Vees leading all defensemen in scoring with 27 points
• Spent previous two seasons with Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
• Helped Youngstown to the Eastern Division championship as runner-up for the Clarke Cup
• A 2017 graduate of Walled Lake Northern

Personal
• Born April 2, 1999
• Son of Cliff and Sylvie Holtz
• Cliff is an engineer and Sylvie is in sales
• Has one brother, Darryl
• Major is mechanical engineering