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Longhorns 2023 Signee Ron Holland Named Texas Gatorade Player of Year

Ron Holland is one of two signees in the incoming 2023 class for the Texas Longhorns, joining Southern California Academy (Castaic, CA) guard AJ Johnson.
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Longhorns 2023 Signee Ron Holland Named Texas Gatorade Player of Year
Longhorns 2023 Signee Ron Holland Named Texas Gatorade Player of Year

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Duncanville 2023 forward and Texas Longhorns signee Ron Holland has been named the Gatorade Texas State Player of the Year, per an announcement Wednesday.

Holland is one of two signees in the incoming class, joining Southern California Academy (Castaic, CA) guard AJ Johnson. He's the third player from Duncanville's elite hoops program to win the award and joins an elite group of former winners that includes former and current NBA stars like Chris Bosh, Marcus Smart, De'Aaron Fox and the great Shaquille O'Neal.

Holland averaged 20.3 points and 10.1 rebounds this past season for Duncanville. His warm-up to the season certainly helped, as he named to the Team USA roster for the Nike Hoop Summit in April.

“Holland has impacted winning as the best and most versatile defender in the ESPN 100,” ESPN's national recruiting director Paul Biancardi said in a release. “He can guard multiple positions and can seamlessly switch when defending in the halfcourt. He has the personality and mindset to outwork his opponent — the ultimate glue guy despite possessing the ability to score in the paint or from the perimeter. He’s also a consummate winner at every level, including with USA Basketball in each of the last two summers.”

The second-seeded Longhorns are set to take on the 15th-seeded Colgate Raiders in the Round of 64 at Wells Fargo Arena on Thursday, a stage Holland will hope to play on once he joins the program.

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Zach Dimmitt is the Deputy Editor for Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI. He also contributes as a writer for the On SI channels of the Oregon Ducks, Baltimore Ravens and Tennessee Titans. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Buffalo Bills on SI, Philadelphia Eagles on SI and Seattle Seahawks on SI. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Dimmitt received his Bachelor’s Degree in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin in 2022. He originally started with SI’s Fan Nation network in 2021, providing extensive coverage of the NFL and NBA along with college football and basketball. In that time, Dimmitt has published thousands of stories and has reached millions of people across multiple fan bases. You can follow him on X at @ZachDimmitt7

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