University of Pennsylvania Athletics

High School: Four-year letterwinner … National champion with IMG Academy in 2025 … Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention and Perfect Game Preseason All-Region Second Team in 2026 … Perfect Game Preseason All-American Third Team and Perfect Game All-Region First Team (2025) … Perfect Game Preseason All-Region Honorable Mention (2024) … Gold glove award recipient in 2024 and best hitter honoree in 2025 … Hit .386 and held a .501 on-base percentage … Tallied 100 hits, 92 runs, 70 walks, 30 extra-base hits, and 47 RBIs over his career … Played club baseball for the Florida Burn Scout team … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Tanya and Joseph Messina … Brother, Charles, plays baseball at Northwestern … Brother, Sean, competes on the track & field team at Duke … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Why Penn?: “I chose Penn because of the amazing coaching staff and the combination of Penn’s high-end athletics and world class academics.”