Named to 2019 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team
2021 All-Big 12 Second Team
2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2021 (R-JUNIOR)
All-Big 12 Second Team honoree
Appeared in 56 games with 56 starts
Opening day starter at shortstop with 55 games started at third base
Led the Jayhawks in batting average (.324), games played (56), games started (56), at bats (213), runs (43), hits (69), doubles (19), RBI (39) and slugging percentage (.460)
His 19 doubles were tied for 12th in the NCAA at the end of the regular season
Led KU with 20 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games
One of only two Jayhawks with five-or-more RBI and hits in a game this season
Season-high five RBI at Missouri (5/18), going 4-for-5
Logged a season-best five hits at Lafayette (3/23), finishing 4-for-5 with four runs and two RBI
Tallied four RBI twice – at Omaha (3/12) and vs. Creighton (3/20)
2021 Academic All-Big 12 Baseball First Team
2020 (SHORTENED SEASON DUE TO CORONAVIRUS)
Started all 17 games at third base, finishing with a .250 batting average (15-for-60) with four doubles, one home run and eight walks
Finished second on the team in hits (15) and tied for first in total bases (22)
Hit lone home run of the season at Belmont (2/16)
Logged four multiple-hit games – at Charleston Southern (2/22), at Charleston Southern (Feb. 23), vs. Ball State and vs. Indiana State (3/6)
Recorded two multi-RBI games – vs. Ball State (2/29) and vs. Indiana State (3/6)
2019 (SOPHOMORE)
Started in 57 of the 58 games he played in
Batted .280 (58-for-207) with 16 doubles, three triples, 31 RBIs and 20 walks
Opening Day third baseman at USC Upstate (2/15)
Started the season with second-career home run on first pitch he saw against the Spartans (2/15)
Hit third home run of career vs. Texas Southern (2/23)
Personal-best two stolen bases vs. Northern Illinois (3/1)
Batted in a season-high three runs against Missouri State (4/9)
Tied for second-best on the team with three triples
Led the team in doubles with 16
Stole a career-best nine bases
2018 (FRESHMAN)
Started 35 of the 55 games he played in
Batted .223 (27-for-121) with seven doubles, one home run and one triple with 16 RBIs
Notched first start of career against Murray State (2/18) where he also swiped his first-career bag
Boasted first multi-hit game of career against Northwestern (2/24)
Recorded a double and a run scored against Texas Southern (3/2)
Drew a walk and scored a run at then-No. 4 Florida State
Drove in first-career RBI against then-No. 20 St. John’s (3/10)
Followed that up with the first home run of his career against the Red Storm (3/11)
Started all three games at Baylor (3/23-25) where he turned in a combined eight assists, including a career-high five on Friday (3/23)
Career-high three hits, including first-ever triple, against Morehead State (3/31)
Recorded team’s only extra-base hit (2B) against then-No. 5 Texas Tech (4/8)
NIWOT HS
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Craig McBride at Niwot High School
Batted .484 with eight doubles, four triples, four home runs and 21 RBIs in 19 games his senior year
Two-time all-conference honoree his freshman and junior years
Northern Conference Player of the Year his senior campaign
Academic all-state his junior and senior years.
PERSONAL
Born in Boulder, Colorado
Son of Cary and Barbara Messinger
Has one brother, Connor
Brother played four years of collegiate baseball splitting evenly between Omaha and Nebraska-Kearney
Grandfather, Tom Messinger, played golf and hockey at Michigan
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 22nd round of the 2017 MLB Draft