Joy Holmes Explained

Joy Holmes-Harris
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:160
League:WNBA
Birth Date:March 31, 1969
Birth Place:Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.
High School:Mansfield Senior
(Mansfield, Ohio)
College:Purdue (1987–1991)
Team1:Detroit Shock
Highlights:

Joy Holmes Harris (born March 31, 1969) is an American former basketball player. She starred at Mansfield Senior High School, her 1259 overall points were a record during 1987 and remained in the top five in 2024. At Purdue University, her team played in the 1988 National Women's Invitational Tournament championship game and the regional semifinals of the 1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. During 1991, she was a Big Ten Athlete of the Year and held the Purdue overall record with 1747 points.

After university, Holmes played for Sekisui Harmonate in Japan until 1993. With the American Basketball League between 1997 and 1998, Holmes was with the Seattle Reign and Nashville Noise. As part of the Women's National Basketball Association, Holmes was a member of the Detroit Shock in 2000. As an assistant coach, she worked for the University of Cincinnati, Middle Tennessee State University and Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis by 2004. Holmes Harris became part of the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.

Early life and education

Joy Holmes was born in Mansfield, Ohio, on March 31, 1969.[1] During her childhood, she lived with four siblings and was interested in scouting.[2] Holmes became a basketball player while in elementary school.[3] With Mansfield Senior High School, she was on their volleyball team during the 1980s.[4] [5]

As an athlete, she entered the 1986 Ohio championship as a Class AAA competitor.[6] At the event, she competed in the 300 meter hurdles and reached the heats.[7] On the basketball team, they were regional finalists for the Class AAA division held by the Ohio High School Athletic Association in 1987.[8] [9] She was also named All-Ohio by The Associated Press during 1986 and 1987.[10] [11] After setting a school record with 1259 overall points in 1987, her points remained in the top five during 2024.[12]

With Purdue University, Holmes was playing basketball in 1987.[13] At the 1988 National Women's Invitational Tournament, her team reached the championship game.[14] [15] By 1989, Holmes was nicknamed "the Magnet from Mansfield".[16] Her team reached the regional semifinals at the 1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[17] [18]

At Purdue, Holmes had the most season points once and most season steals three times.[19] In overall statistics, Holmes led the university with 323 steals and 1747 points during 1991.[20] Her points record was broken that year and her steals remained in first until 2001.[21] [22] During 2023, she was eighth in points and third in steals for Purdue.[23] Apart from basketball, Holmes studied telecommunications.[24]

Career

Playing career

As part of the North basketball team, they finished first at the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival.[25] She decided to not compete at the World University Games after receiving a spot in 1991.[26] That year, Holmes joined a basketball team in Japan for Sekisui Chemical.[24] She played for the Sekisui Harmonate until "[the] league...[banned] American players" during 1993.[27]

In 1996, Holmes Harris was drafted to play in the American Basketball League.[28] That year, she wanted to join the Women's National Basketball Association after she declined her offer from the Seattle Reign.[29] She considered joining the Columbus Quest after being drafted again by the Reign in 1997.[30] Holmes played with the Reign from 1997 to 1998.[31] [32] In 1998, Holmes was selected to join a new ABL team in Nashville.[33] She played for the Nashville Noise until the closure of the ABL that year.[34] [35] With the two teams, she had a combined total of 211 rebounds and 299 points.[36]

In the WNBA, Holmes joined the Washington Mystics during 1999 and was cut that year.[37] [38] During 2000, Holmes played for the Detroit Shock.[39] With Detroit, Holmes had 45 rebounds as part of her 91 points that year.[40]

Other positions

Holmes joined the University of Cincinnati as an assistant coach in 1993.[41] While continuing her Cincinnati position as Joy Holmes-Harris, she became an athlete advisor for Purdue during 1994.[42] After leaving Cincinnati that year, Holmes-Harris became a "volunteer assistant coach for Lafayette Jeff's girls basketball [team]."[43] The following year, she remained in her advisor position with Purdue.[44]

In Mansfield, Holmes taught children basketball during 1998.[45] She was hired by Middle Tennessee State University in 1999 as an assistant coach.[46] [47] Holmes-Harris remained with MTSU until 2000.[48] With Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, she resumed her assistant experience when she joined in 2002.[49] [50] That year, Holmes-Harris started her real estate agent career.[51] She remained at IUPUI in 2003 and had left by 2004.[52] [53] Holmes-Harris continued working in real estate leading up to 2017.[51]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2000| align="left" | Detroit|29||0||9.3||47.1||36.4||70.0||1.6||0.5||0.4||0.1 ||0.6||3.1 |-|-| align="left" | Career| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team|29||0||9.3||47.1||36.4||70.0||1.6||0.5||0.4||0.1 ||0.6||3.1

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1987–88 | style="text-align:left;" | Purdue|31||-||-||58.8||0.0||60.9||2.3||0.7||0.8||0.5||-||4.8 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1988–89 | style="text-align:left;" | Purdue|30||-||-||56.2||0.0||68.0||6.3||2.1||3.3||1.0||-||15.7 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 1989–90 | style="text-align:left;" | Purdue|30||-||-||53.4||25.0||77.2||7.2||1.6||3.3||1.4||-||16.8|-| style="text-align:left;" | 1990–91 | style="text-align:left;" | Purdue|29||-||-||56.9||36.0||73.7||9.2||2.0||3.4||1.4||-||21.5|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|120||-||-||55.9||30.6||72.1||6.2||1.6||2.7||1.1||-||14.6 |- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[54]

Honors and personal life

Between 1989 and 1991, Holmes was on consecutive All-Big Ten teams.[55] From Purdue, Holmes was named Best Defensive Player during 1989 and Most Valuable Player in 1990.[56] [57] She was an MVP and Athlete of the Year during 1991.[58] Throughout 1991, she was the Athlete of the Decade and on the All-Decade Team for the university.[59] She was also an All-America player for Kodak and the United States Basketball Writers Association.[60] [61]

In other 1991 awards, she was the Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year and was an All-Decade player.[62] [63] Holmes was one of the recipients of the Big Ten Medal of Honor and Big Ten Athlete of the Year.[64] [65] From publications, she received that year's Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball.[66] In 1997, Holmes became part of the Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.[67] Holmes Harris joined the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016.[68] During 2017, Purdue created bobbleheads of Holmes-Harris.[69] She is married and has three children.[70] Her son, Gary, is a professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joy Holmes Harris . Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame . December 26, 2023.
  2. News: Miller . Marguerite . Scouting rewarding for 'drafted' leader . News Journal . September 28, 1978 . Mansfield, Ohio . 15.
  3. News: Stafford . Jim D. . Holmes at front of 'starting 5' . Journal and Courier . March 13, 1991 . F8.
  4. News: Mansfield Senior tames Madison 2-0 . News Journal . September 25, 1985 . Mansfield, Ohio . 5-C.
  5. News: Tygers topple Madison . News Journal . September 24, 1986 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1-E.
  6. News: Spencer . Jon . Lucas ace Steward hurdling foes on way to state . News Journal . June 5, 1986 . Mansfield, Ohio . 3-C.
  7. News: Spencer . Jon . Northmor's Tyler claims long jump title . News Journal . June 7, 1986 . Mansfield, Ohio . 3-B.
  8. News: Wade . Larry A. . Watterson ends Tyger bid for Final Four . News Journal . March 15, 1987 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1-F.
  9. Web site: Results: Twelfth Annual Girls State Basketball Tournament . Ohio High School Athletic Association . January 10, 2024 . 3.
  10. News: Class AAA All-Ohio girls . The Marion Star . Associated Press . March 12, 1986 . 14.
  11. News: Hairston leads All-Ohio Class AAA girls team . Wilmington News-Journal . Associated Press . March 17, 1987 . 7.
  12. News: Furr . Jake . Lasting Legacy: Mansfield Senior's Kiersten Bradley joins 1,000-point club . February 17, 2024 . Mansfield News Journal . February 8, 2024.
  13. News: Boiler women defeated in Coors consolation . Journal and Courier . December 5, 1987 . B 3.
  14. News: Shackelford . Brianna . Purdue Women's Basketball will play in post season tournament . February 16, 2024 . WLFI . March 13, 2022.
  15. News: Lady Boilers have shot at NIT title . Journal and Courier . March 26, 1988 . C 3.
  16. News: Spencer . Jon . Boilermakers' pride is Joy . News Journal . January 19, 1989 . Mansfield, Ohio.
  17. News: McKee . Pat . La. Tech pummels Purdue women . The Indianapolis Star . March 23, 1990 . B-3.
  18. News: NCAA Division I Women's Tournament At A Glance . The Kaplan Herald . The Associated Press . March 28, 1990 . 16.
  19. 2023-24 Purdue Women's Basketball Media Guide . October 23, 2023 . Purdue Strategic Communications . February 16, 2024 . West Lafayette, Indiana . 69, 81 . MacDougall . Ian.
  20. News: McHale . T.E. . Joyous times . News Journal . July 14, 1991 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1-E.
  21. News: Ross . Jim . No. 10 Boilermakers fall to Bowling Green, 75-72 . Journal and Courier . November 24, 1991 . D 8.
  22. News: Weaver . Skip . Last Chance . Rushville Republican . Associated Press . April 2, 2001 . 11.
  23. MacDougall 2023, pp. 68, 81
  24. News: Boyd . Bentley . Hoops star returns, stresses education . News Journal . August 10, 1991 . Mansfield, Ohio . 5-A.
  25. News: North wins women's gold medal . Centre Daily Times . The Associated Press . July 27, 1989 . D-1.
  26. News: Scott . Bob . Holmes passes up basketball for graduation . Journal and Courier . June 5, 1991 . D1.
  27. News: Gordon . Ken . Mansfield native struggles with ban on American players . News Journal . April 12, 1993 . Mansfield, Ohio . 2-D.
  28. News: Phillips . Larry . Joy for Holmes is playing pro ball in ABL . News Journal . June 24, 1996 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1B.
  29. News: McKee . Pat . Salary security key for ex-Purdue star . The Indianapolis News . December 31, 1996 . B-4.
  30. News: McKee . Pat . Seven players with Indiana ties chosen in second ABL draft . The Indianapolis Star . May 6, 1997 . C1–C2.
  31. News: Reign thumped in opener at San Jose . The Bellingham Herald . The Associated Press . October 16, 1997 . B1.
  32. News: Quest clinch East title . Marysville Journal-Tribune . Associated Press . January 29, 1998 . 11A.
  33. News: Carmin . Mike . Holmes' ABL career moving to Nashville . Journal and Courier . April 17, 1998 . B5.
  34. News: Holmes Harris scores nine for Noise in debut . News Journal . Associated Press . November 7, 1998 . Mansfield, Ohio . 4D.
  35. News: Buell . Allison . ABL handed pink slip in third season . The Times . December 23, 1998 . Munster, Indiana . C1.
  36. Web site: Joy Holmes-Harris . Stats Crew . February 24, 2024.
  37. News: Knight . Athelia . Washington Mystics Players . February 17, 2024 . The Washington Post . June 9, 1999.
  38. News: Transactions . Tampa Bay Times . June 10, 1998 . 9c.
  39. News: Streaking Sparks cruise by Shock . The Fresno Bee . Bee News Services . July 3, 2000 . D7.
  40. Web site: Joy Holmes . WNBA Stats . Regular Season Totals . February 17, 2024.
  41. News: Joy Holmes named assistant coach at UC . News Journal . July 2, 1993 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1-B.
  42. News: Kline . Jason A. . Holmes-Harris appointed to advisory council . News Journal . June 27, 1994 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1-D.
  43. News: Carmin . Mike . Broncos take Joy in basketball practice . Journal and Courier . October 25, 1994 . B1.
  44. News: Washburn . Jeff . 'Dream Team' helps guide Purdue sports . Journal and Courier . September 17, 1995 . C1.
  45. News: Kline . Jason A. . Holmes returns to area for free camp . News Journal . August 1, 1998 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1C.
  46. News: Patton . Maurice . McCollum calls on Texas roots to complete his staff . The Tennessean . August 8, 1999 . 11C.
  47. News: Patton . Maurice . Welcome aboard . The Tennessean . August 15, 1999 . 10C.
  48. News: Horgan . Sean . Purdue grads' paths cross at WNBA camp . The Indianapolis Star . April 15, 2000 . D4.
  49. News: Holmes-Harris will coach at IUPUI . Journal and Courier . July 23, 2002 . C1.
  50. News: Transactions . Argus Leader . July 23, 2002 . 2c.
  51. News: Carmin . MIke . Harris' road to stardom was unlikely . Journal and Courier . January 18, 2017 . 3C.
  52. News: Haskell . Ryan . Duo hopes West Side can do it . The Times . December 4, 2003 . Munster, Indiana . C4.
  53. News: VanSlambrook . Holly . Career day inspires students . The Indianapolis Star . April 3, 2004 . N3.
  54. Web site: Joy Holmes College Stats. Sports-Reference. July 7, 2024.
  55. Web site: Petitti . Tony . 2023-24 Big Ten Women's Basketball Media Guide . Big Ten Conference . December 26, 2023 . 64 . November 15, 2023.
  56. News: Decman . John . Purdue women's team votes Kvachkoff MVP . Journal and Courier . April 12, 1989 . E1.
  57. News: Perry . Micheal . 'Team player' Holmes voted Purdue's MVP . Journal and Courier . April 19, 1990 . Lafayette, Indiana . C1.
  58. News: Staff Reports . Holmes, Oliver voted Purdue's best in 1990-91 . Journal and Courier . June 20, 1991 . Lafayette, Indiana . D4.
  59. News: Staff Reports . Holmes is Boilers' best ever . Journal and Courier . October 16, 1991 . Lafayette, Indiana . D4.
  60. News: Kodak Picks Team . The Times . The Associated Press . March 29, 1991 . Shreveport, Louisiana . 4B.
  61. News: Holmes honored again . News Journal . April 4, 1991 . Mansfield, Ohio . 5-C.
  62. News: Stafford . Jim D. . Holmes is Big Ten's best player . Journal and Courier . March 12, 1991 . B1.
  63. News: Favor Hamilton named athlete of decade . The Times . The Times and Times Wire Services . November 15, 1991 . Hammond, Indiana . E-2.
  64. News: Stafford . Jim D. . Holmes, Barrett earn league Medals of Honor . Journal and Courier . Wire and staff reports . April 24, 1991.
  65. News: Purdue's Holmes wins co-honor . The Indianapolis Star . July 11, 1991 . C-6.
  66. News: Milbert . Neil . 2 score with Silver Basketball . Chicago Tribune . May 14, 1991 . sec. 4 p. 1.
  67. Web site: Leroy Keyes Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame . Purdue University Athletics . January 10, 2024 . May 17, 2018.
  68. Web site: 2016 Inductees . 2016 . Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame . January 10, 2024.
  69. Web site: Holmes-Harris to be Honored Sunday . Purdue University Athletics . February 26, 2024 . January 11, 2017.
  70. News: Spencer . Jon . A Joy-ful Time . News Journal . May 13, 2016 . Mansfield, Ohio . 1B.

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