University of South Alabama Athletics

2015
Led team in runs scored and tied for team lead in hits...Led team in multiple-hit games with 16 total...Scored third-most runs in USA single-season history...Three triples tied for second-most in single-season history...Voted to SBC All-Tournament Team after back-to-back 2-for-4 performances at the event with two total runs and RBI...Recorded season-high 10-game hit streak from 3/28-4/12...Stole 12 bases in 15 attempts...Scored three runs on 3-for-4 hitting with a pair of RBI versus Nicholls State on 4/8...Went 7-for-11 in league series versus Georgia Southern with six runs scored and a home run...Batted 5-for-8 with three runs in two-game series versus North Dakota State...Recorded season-high four hits in as many at-bats in NCAA Auburn Regional opener versus Chattanooga with three runs scored and a RBI...Scored a pair of runs and stole two bases against Tennessee Tech in an elimination game at the regional stage

2014
Voted to 2014 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team after going 6-for-9 with three runs and two RBI, while recording slugging and on-base percentages of .667...Finished second on the team in stolen bases (11-of-12)...Tied for second on team in sacrifice flies with a pair...Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored versus Syracuse on 2/7...Scored two runs on one hit and stole a base against Austin Peay on 2/9...Stole two bases and scored a pair of runs on Lehigh at the Citrus Classic on 2/22...Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored versus New Mexico on 3/15...Went 3-for-3 versus No. 4 Alabama in Tuscaloosa on 4/2...Went 1-for-3 with a run and RBI in USA’s 8-4 victory over No. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette on 4/12...Recorded a pair of multi-hit performances in games two and three of a SBC series sweep of Western Kentucky in Bowling Green on 4/26-27, accounting for three RBI and a run scored on four hits in the contests...Tallied nine hits in USA’s final seven games, including a 3-for-3, two-run and two-RBI performance in the Jaguars’ SBC Tournament opening-round win versus Louisiana-Monroe and a 2-for-3, one-run outing versus eventual title winners No. 12 Louisiana-Lafayette in the second round...Had one of only two USA hits versus No. 5 Alabama in a 3-0 Jaguar loss in the final of the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional

2013
Appeared in 51 games with 38 starts on the year...Batted .378 with 35 hits and 26 runs scored...Produced 12 RBI, and recorded a .341 slugging percentage and .336 on-base percentage...Successful on 12 of 13 stolen base attempts to break into USA’s all-time top 10 in the category...Drew a walk and advanced home from first base on a Britany Campbell dribbler up the middle to score the lone run in USA’s eight-inning, 1-0, win over No. 21 Louisiana-Lafayette in the second round of the SBC Tournament on May 9

Prep
Holds season and career records for stolen bases, most hits, most runs scored and highest batting average at St. Paul’s...Earned spots on the all-county, all-region and all-state teams in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012...Helped the Saints to back-to-back area championships in 2009 and 2010...Also helped St. Paul’s win the 5A South Regional in 2012 to advance to the state tournament

Personal
Full name is Mary Emily Messer…Born July 7, 1994, in Saraland, Ala…Daughter of Breck and Karen Messer…Hobbies include writing and going to the beach…Favorite movie is “A Walk to Remember”...Favorite pro sports team is the Cincinnati Reds...Favorite musical artist is Radical Something...Favorite food is sushi

Major
Exercise Science