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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2016 UNK Baseball Roster

30 Connor Messinger

  • Hometown Niwot, CO
  • Highschool Niwot
  • Prev School U. of Nebraska-Omaha
  • Class Senior
  • Major Sports Management
  • Position First Base
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 210

Biography

CAREER LOPER NOTES
2-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... 2015 All-MIAA ... 2015 MIAA Scholar Athlete ... 66 games with 64 starts ... .339 average with 15 doubles and seven HR's ... 52 runs and 53 RBI's

AS A SENIOR (2016)
Season cut short due to injury ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... played in 17 games, all starts at first base ... finished at .348 with five doubles, a homer and 14 RBI's ... 20 runs scored ... eight multi-hit games ... batted third in the order ... in a series sweep of Lincoln, 7 for 15 with five RBI's and six runs ... went 4 for 4 with three runs and two RBI's vs. Lindenwood .. in final came March 16 at Wayne State, 1 for 1 with a run and two RBI's

AS A JUNIOR (2015)
Honorable mention All-MIAA ... MIAA Scholar Athlete ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in 49 games with 46 starts ... 41 starts at first, four at short and one at third ... mainly batted seventh ... finished at .335 with 10 doubles, one triple, six HR's and 39 RBI's ... 32 runs ... 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI efforts ... reached safely in 30 straight games, UNK's longest such streak ... team-high 310 putouts in the field ... 34 assists and a .986 fielding percentage ... went 2 for 4 with a HR and four RBI vs. Ark.-Monticello ... 4 for 5 with four RBI's vs. Pitt State ... in early April, had two hits in three straight games ... in a four-game series vs. Lindenwood, a combined 7 for 12 with four runs and five RBI's ... 2 for 4 with a run and RBI in the season finale at UCM

PRIOR TO UNK
Spent two years at Division I Nebraska-Omaha ... two-time Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... took a redshirt year at Northeastern C.C. (Sterling, Colo.) ... for the Mavericks in 2013, 38 games with 33 starts ... batted .242 with four doubles, two HR's and 20 RBI's ... 18 runs ... nine multi-hit games and four multi-RBI efforts ... 2 for 4 vs. Penn State ... 3 for 3 with two HR's and five RBI's vs. Ft. Wayne ... 33 games (18 starts) as a sophomore ... finished at 1.59 with four doubles and nine RBI's ... 2 for 4 with two RBI's vs. Northwestern ... 2 for 4 with an RBI double against both St. Bonaventure and Grand Canyon

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year baseball letterwinner ... all-state ... Northern Conference Player of the Year his senior senior season ... also All-Area Player of the Year by both the Boulder Daily Camera and Longmont Times-Call went 8-3 at a pitcher and batted .576 ... two-time all-league ... in the field, was at third and short

PERSONAL
Son of Barb & Cary

Statistics

Season:
2016

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2014-15Junior

    Infield
    6'3" 210 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2016Senior

    First Base
    6'3" 210 lbs
    30