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Jersey Number 5
Skyler Messinger
- Position:
- IF
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 220
- Hometown:
- Niwot, Colo.
- High School:
- Niwot HS
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2019 Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors
- 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
- Plans to major in sport management
Baseball Press Conference vs. Baylor
Thursday, May 21
Big 12 Quarterfinal Baseball Highlights vs. Baylor
Thursday, May 21
Baseball Media Availability
Tuesday, May 19
Baseball Highlights at BYU
Friday, May 15
