Completed Event: Baseball versus #12 UCF on April 10, 2026 , Win , 4, to, 3 , (11 inn.)
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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 Media Availability
Wednesday, April 15
Hawk Talk with Dan Fitzgerald
Tuesday, April 14
Baseball Highlights vs. #12 UCF
Saturday, April 11
Baseball Highlights vs. Nebraska
Tuesday, April 07
