Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2025 Team Captain
2025 Tewaaraton Award Watch List (Preseason)
2025 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention)
2024 USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention)
2025 Inside Lacrosse All-American (Honorable Mention)
2024 Inside Lacrosse All-American (Honorable Mention)
2025 Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American (Honorable Mention)
2024 Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American (Honorable Mention)
2025 IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Second Team)
2024 IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Second Team)
2025 All-Patriot League (First Team)
2024 All-Patriot League (First Team)
2023 All-Patriot League (First Team)
2025 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
2024 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
2023 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
Patriot League Midfielder of the Week (March 6, 2023)
Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Feb. 21, 2022)
 
2025 (Senior): Named Team Captain prior to the season … Selected Tewaaraton Award Watch List (Preseason), USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American (Honorable Mention), IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Second Team), All-Patriot League (First Team), and Patriot League All-Tournament Team … Played and started all 21 games during the season … Recorded 69 points on 43 goals and a team-high 26 assists with 54 draw controls, 22 ground balls, and 10 caused turnovers … Scored goals in 18 games with 13 multi-goal performances, including eight hat tricks … Notched a season-high five goals against Colgate, while adding four scores against Saint Joseph’s and #20 Richmond … Also registered hat tricks against Villanova, Harvard, #11 Virginia, #17 Loyola, and Lehigh … Credited with assists in 13 games, including nine with multiple helpers with a season-high four at Bucknell … Also added multiple assists against #11 Virginia (3), Boston University (2), Colgate (2), High Point (2), Lafayette (2), Lehigh (2), #15 Loyola (2 – Patriot League Tournament), and Villanova (2) … Won draw controls in 16 games with 14 multiple draw performances, including a season-high seven draw controls against #11 Virginia … Picked up ground balls in 13 games with five multi-GB performances with a season-best four ground balls at Boston University … Caused turnovers in seven games with a season-high two takeaways against Saint Joseph’s, Villanova, and Holy Cross.
 
2024 (Junior): Earned USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse All-American (Honorable Mention), Inside Lacrosse Midseason All-American (Honorable Mention), IWLCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region (Second Team), All-Patriot League (First Team), and Patriot League All-Tournament Team … Played and started all 19 games during the season … Finished the year with a team-best 86 points on a team-high 68 goals and 18 assists with 64 draw controls, 20 ground balls, and six caused turnovers … Scored at least one goal in all 19 games with 17 multi-goal performances, including 16 hat tricks … Registered a season-high five goals against Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, Holy Cross, Lafayette, and #7 Loyola (Patriot League Tournament), while adding four scores versus East Carolina, #20 Richmond, #7 Loyola, Boston University, Bucknell, and Holy Cross (Patriot League Tournament) … Second on the team with nine free-position goals, while tying for the team lead in game-winning goals … Credited with assists in 11 games with four multiple assist performances … Recorded a season-high three helpers against Colgate, Bucknell, and American, while adding a pair of assists versus Jacksonville … Won at least one draw control in 18 games with 16 multi-draw performances … Notched a season-high seven draw controls at Saint Joseph’s, while adding six draws against American and five versus #24 Duke and Drexel … Picked up ground balls in 14 games with four multiple GB performances, including a season-best three ground balls against Holy Cross and Lehigh with two GB against Villanova and Lafayette … Caused turnovers in six different games, including a pair of games against ranked opponents – #24 Duke and #7 Loyola (Patriot League Tournament).
 
2023 (Sophomore): Earned First Team All-Patriot League and Patriot League All-Tournament … Played and started all 19 games during the year … Finished the season ranked in the top five on the team in points (2nd), goals (1st), assists (2nd), ground balls (4th), draw controls (2nd), and free-position goals (2nd) … Recorded 61 points on a team-high 49 goals with 12 assists, while winning 62 draw controls, picking up 25 ground balls, and causing 11 turnovers … Scored six free-position goals, while also being credited with a game-winning goal … Scored at least one goal in every game with multiple goals scored in 14 games, including eight hat tricks … Notched a season-high five goals against #18 Richmond, Bucknell, and Boston University (Patriot League Tournament), while registering four scores versus Monmouth and American … Additionally, recorded hat tricks against #11 Duke, Holy Cross, and #16 Army (Star Game) … Had a season-high two assists against East Carolina and Villanova … Won at least one draw control in 18 of 19 games played with multiple draws in 13 contests, including a season-high nine DC at Monmouth … Picked up multiple ground balls in nine games with season-high three GB coming against Oregon and Holy Cross … Posted a season-high two caused turnovers versus Lafayette and Holy Cross … Named Patriot League Midfielder of the Week (March 6).
 
2022 (Freshman): Played and started in the first five games of the season before missing the remainder of the year with a season-ending injury … Tallied five points on five goals with a pair of multi-goal performances … Scored a season-high two goals against George Mason and George Washington, while also finding the back of the net against Mount St. Mary’s … Won 12 draw controls, while picking up 10 ground balls with four caused turnovers … Registered a season-best four draw controls against George Washington and Saint Joseph’s … Picked up a season-best six ground balls against George Mason, while also causing a season-high three turnovers vs. the Patriots … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Cal … Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Feb. 21).
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in lacrosse (4 years) and soccer (4) at Gerstell Academy in Finksburg, Md. … Named Under Armour All-American (Senior Team), First Team IAAM A Conference (sophomore, junior, senior), and First Team All-Carroll County (freshman, sophomore, senior) … Played club lacrosse with Skywalkers Lacrosse Club … Named First Team IAAM A Conference and First Team All-Carroll County all four seasons in soccer … Member of the National Honor Society, Social Studies National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Student Government (representative – 2017-19; treasurer – 2019-21) … Daughter of Belinda and Joseph Messinese Jr. … Sister, Lauren, plays lacrosse at Rutgers.
 
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