A five-year member of the UNA men's basketball team from 2004-08, Holt holds school records for most games played in a season (36), most games started in a season (36) and most points scored in a season (640), setting all in the 2007-08 season. He broke Dabbs Earnest's single season  scoring record at UNA that had stood for 46 years. He is one of just four players in school history to score more than 600 points in a season. His 123 career games played in also set a school record at the time. He was the Lions' leading scorer (740) and rebounder (308) in 2007-08. He also had the top field goal percentage that season at 54.3. He scored over 30 points in a game five times in 2008, scoring 31 against Concordia-Selma and Arkansas Tech, and 30 against Montevallo, Delta State and Blue Mountain. He also scored in double-figures in 32 of UNA's 36 games that season. He had 11 double-doubles and one triple-double with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists against Carver Bible College.Â
He currently ranks as the 13th leading scorer in school history with 1,220 career points. He added 623 rebounds for a 5.1 average, shot 50.1 percent from the floor (445-888) and 67.3 percent from the free throw line (185-275). He also had 78 career blocked shots, 237 assists and 119 steals. For his career, he was 155-of-397 on three-point attempts. He led the Lions to a 27-9 record as a senior that included an NCAA South Region title and a berth in the Division II Elite Eight. He converted a three-point play in the closing seconds to provide the winning margin for UNA in a 72-71 win over Christian Brothers in the opening game of the 2008 South Regional. He was a three-time Gulf South Conference Player of the Week, a first-team All-GSC selection and GSC East Division Player of the Year as a senior. He was named to the first-team of both the Daktronics and ABCA All-South Region teams in 2007-08, and also to the All-South Region team and was a Division II Bulletin honorable mention All-American. He was a member of UNA's 2005-06 team that went 18-11 and played in the NCAA South Central Regional. He was named to the second-team of the Gulf South Conference Team of the Decade for 2001-10.Â
Holt graduated from UNA in 2008 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing/Marketing Management.Â
From 2008-10 he played professionally for the Hannover Tigers UBC (Germany). From 2011-2021 he was a National Sales Representative for Time Logistics, Inc., a freight management provider (3PL) specializing in logistics planning and distribution solutions.
In September of 2021, he became an insurance agent with Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee, working in Spring Hill.Â
He and his wife Ashley have two sons and a daughter.
