Vanderbilt baseball signee Bo Holloway can handle pressure. How R.A. Dickey helped
CPA pitcher and Vanderbilt baseball signee Bo Holloway is enjoying his best TSSAA baseball season. Listening to R. A.
Dickey has helped.
MURFREESBORO — The ball hissed, the glove popped and Bo Holloway's reaction told the rest of the story. The Christ Presbyterian Academy pitcher and Vanderbilt baseball signee's emotional strikeout to end the sixth inning in the Lions' 7-5 win over Baylor on May 19 was one of several pressure moments he faced in the TSSAA baseball Division II-AA state tournament on May 19. Holloway helped lead CPA (32-6-1) to the semifinals to face Brentwood Academy (28-10).
One or two years ago, Holloway might not have been able to do that, he said, which is where CPA pitching coach and former MLB star R. A. Dickey comes in.
More: TSSAA baseball state tournament 2026 championship brackets, scores More: How weather could impact TSSAA spring state tournament schedule this week Dickey, who was a star pitcher at Tennessee, likes to say that Holloway already all the necessary tools. But Holloway became a sponge for Dickey's knowledge after transferring from Nolensville in the offseason. The two have gotten close on and off the field.