Career Honors:
2018 All-Big South Second Team
2018: Took the mound 27 times as a junior... Led the Big South with eight saves... Compiled a 4.72 ERA over 26.2 innings, collecting 28 strikeouts and 28 walks... Limited opponents to a .191 batting average... Posted a 1.74 ERA in conference play, holding league foes to a .118 batting clip during the regular season... Picked up his eighth save of the year in a 7-inning elimination game at Liberty (5/25)... Did not allow a base runner across four-straight outings from May 9-22... Earned a save in Campbell's 5-4 upset win at No. 5 NC State... Notched saves in back-to-back appearances at N.C. Central (4/10) and Presbyterian (4/14)... Struck out a season-high five batters to close out a doubleheader sweep over William & Mary (3/10)... Held Western Michigan off the bases over 2.0 innings to earn his first save of the year (2/24).
2017: Made 21 appearances during his sophomore campaign, collecting a 4-1 record on the season… Posted a team-high 9.37 strikeouts per nine innings with 42 K’s over 40.1 IP… Struck out 20 batters looking, also a team-best mark… Allowed 19 earned runs on the season for a 4.24 ERA… Opened the year with seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings vs. Northern Kentucky (2/19)… Fanned a season-high eight batters over 3.1 innings of relief vs. Ohio State (3/3)… Earned his lone save of the season at UNCW (4/4).
2016: Made 16 appearances, including two starts as a freshman… Posted a 1-0 record in 27.1 innings with an 11.85 ERA, striking out 23… Struck out a batter in 14 of his 16 outings… Fanned a season-high five over 3.0 innings to pick up a win over Duke… Struck out three at Virginia Tech and Elon… Pitched a scoreless inning against Minnesota, walking one… Struck out one, walked two and allowed a hit in a scoreless inning at North Carolina.
Prep: Three-time all-conference honoree at Harnett Central High School… Tallied 184 strikeouts in his four-year varsity career… Named team MVP as a senior… Earned the Cy Young Award as a sophomore and junior… Batted .445 with three home runs and tallied 65 strikeouts with a 2.32 ERA as senior… Ranked among Perfect Game’s top-500 nationally… Ranked No. 16 overall in N.C. and No. 10 as a right-handed pitcher… Coached by Lance Honeycutt… Also lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore… Beta Club member.
Personal: Full name is Tyson Statton Messer… Born January 7, 1997 in Raleigh, N.C…. Son of Ricky and Ashley Messer.
