As a Freshman (2007-08):
Played in all 28 rounds as a freshman and posted a 76.0 stroke average for the season, second on the team…Posted one top 20 finish for the year with a 12thplace finish at the Ladies Midwest Shootout with a 158(81-77)…One of the steadier players on the roster in 2008-09.
Amateur and High School Highlights:
First team all-Pinellas County from seventh to 11th grade (2002-06) … Did not play high school golf as a senior … Voted the team[apos]s MVP as an eighth grader … Played on the Largo High School boys team from ninth to 11th grade … Finished as the runner-up at the Florida State High School Championhsip in 2005 … Placed fourth in the St. Pete Invitational, an all boys competition, in 2005-06 … Tied for the longest match in the U.S. Women[apos]s Amateur[apos]s history, a 27-hole affair in first round match play at the 2007 tournament … Only player in high school[apos]s history to finish as a runner-up at the state championship … Won the Innisbrook Christmas Classic in 2004 and 2005 … Placed in the top five in five different AJGA events … Was the medalist at the Back to School Classic at Innisbrook in 2006.
First team all-Pinellas County from seventh to 11th grade (2002-06) … Did not play high school golf as a senior … Voted the team[apos]s MVP as an eighth grader … Played on the Largo High School boys team from ninth to 11th grade … Finished as the runner-up at the Florida State High School Championhsip in 2005 … Placed fourth in the St. Pete Invitational, an all boys competition, in 2005-06 … Tied for the longest match in the U.S. Women[apos]s Amateur[apos]s history, a 27-hole affair in first round match play at the 2007 tournament … Only player in high school[apos]s history to finish as a runner-up at the state championship … Won the Innisbrook Christmas Classic in 2004 and 2005 … Placed in the top five in five different AJGA events … Was the medalist at the Back to School Classic at Innisbrook in 2006.
Personal:
Born June 26, 1990 … Parents are Dennis (deceased) and Constance … Has a brother, Adam … Plans to major in history … Chose Vanderbilt over Georgia, Tennessee and Tulane.
Messer[apos]s Statistics:
Year | Rounds | Strokes | Average
2008-09 | 28 | 2,129 | 76.00
Career | 28 | 2,129 | 76.00