Completed Event: Football at Penn on October 4, 2025 , Loss , 24, to, 36
Final

Football
at Penn
24
36

Football
vs Yale
17
16

Football
at Fordham
30
13


JUNIOR (2023)
Saw action in six games on an offensive line that helped the Big Green finish second in the Ivy League in rushing offense (174.4 yards per game) ... Dartmouth also led all of the FCS in fewest sacks allowed (0.50 per game).
SOPHOMORE (2022)
Participated in all 10 games, splitting time on an offensive line that paved the way for the second-best rushing game in the Ivy League … got the starting nod in the season-opening win over Valparaiso.
FIRST-YEAR (2021)
Provided depth on the offensive line.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-year letter winner at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy … posted 27 tackles and four sacks as a defensive lineman in 2019 … late bloomer who grew two inches and tacked on 30 pounds prior to senior year … served as captain … drew interest from around the Ivies as well as offers from Trinity and Lake Erie … also played lacrosse as a defenseman.
PERSONAL
Full name is Tristan Michael Holmbeck … born on July 1, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Kyle and Kristen Holmbeck … father played football at Penn and has a cousin, Paul Pelham, who wrestled at Gettysburg College … has one sister … plans on majoring in government and interned in the spring of 2021 for New Jersey state senator Troy Singleton … interned for governor John Carney (Dartmouth football alum) and congressman Brendan Boyle ... enjoys drama, debate, golfing and swimming … claims to be able to name nearly every cheesesteak spot in Philadelphia.
