After Iowa baseball lost Sam Hart to the transfer portal on Thursday, the Hawkeyes will have to endure another departure as junior utility player Andrew Holub entered his name into the portal on Friday.
Holub joined the Hawkeyes program this past season after two years in the junior college level at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, NC.
While with the Eagles, he finished his two seasons with a combined batting average of .393, an on-base percentage of .472, and a slugging percentage of .607, to go along with 101 runs (86 RBIs) and 11 home runs on 118 hits through 300 at-bats in 84 games played. He also recorded 39 stolen bases while only getting caught three times.
The 6-foot-3, Bronxville, NY, native did not play a single game for the Hawkeyes during his tenure in Iowa City as an injury sidelined him for the entire 2025 campaign. Due to the season-long injury, Holub utilized a medical redshirt to preserve his two remaining years of NCAA eligibility.
While he was a promising addition to the Hwkeyes roster given his JUCO statistics, the loss of Holub to the portal is not much of a concern, as his tangible value was never truly witnessed due to the season-ending injury.
As for Iowa, head coach Rick Heller and the Hawkeyes will need to search for more depth pieces to add in addition to positions of need during the offseason as they retool ahead of the 2026 season.
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