Milligan University

Biography

Elijah Holliman enters his sophomore year with the Milligan men's swimming program after a standout freshman season that established him as one of the top breaststroke swimmers in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) and NAIA.

2025-26: Holliman earned AAC Newcomer of the Year honors after capturing conference titles in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:59.72) and 200-yard individual medley (1:50.96). At the NAIA National Championships, he earned three NAIA All-America honors, highlighted by a third-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:58.32), sixth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.83) and seventh-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.10). Throughout the season, Holliman recorded victories in the 200-yard breaststroke at both the Colonel Classic and a tri-meet against Carson-Newman and Lenoir-Rhyne. His times of 55.10 in the 100 breaststroke, 1:58.32 in the 200 breaststroke and 1:49.83 in the 200 IM rank second, second and third, respectively, in program history.