Tiffany Messerschmidt Athlete Profile - SFB

Tiffany Messerschmidt

Outfielder 20

Class

Senior

Hometown

Thousand Oaks,

California

Last School

Thousand Oaks High School

Roster Years

2009-2012

Prepped at Thousand Oaks High
Batted a team-best .486 in 31 games totaling 51 hits, 16 RBI, 5 doubles and 2 homers
Named to AAF/All-Southern first team selection in 2008 and was named to the Cal HiSports.com All-State Underclass first team in 2007 and to the Cal HiSports.com All-State first team in 2008
Named Marmonte League MVP in 2007 and most valuable offensive player in 2008
Maintained a career .432 batting average

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2009

Played in all 57 games her freshman year and started 55
Ended the year with a .357 batting average and a .468 on-base percentage
Tallied 55 hits, 3 doubles, 2 triples, brought in 8 runs and walked 28 times on 154 at-bats
Stole 8 bases
Hit 2 triples against CSU on May 9
Went on a 7-game hitting streak between March 24 through April 14.

Sophmore Year 2010

Played in 35 games, starting in 25
Scored BYU's only run as a pinch runner in game one of the NCAA Super Regional against Arizona, breaking up a potential tag at home plate for the score
As a pinch runner, scored 1 run against East Carolina in the NCAA Regional championship
Had a run and a walk versus Texas in the NCAA Regional .
Hit 2-for-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run in game two of a doubleheader at Southern Utah (5/4)
Had 2 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI and 1 stolen base against Cal State Fullerton (2/22)
Had 3 walks, 1 run and 1 stolen base against No. 9 Georgia Tech (2/19)
Went 2-for-3 with a double, 1 run, 1 RBI and 1 walk against Oregon (2/18)

Junior Year 2011

Played in 41 games with 39 starts
First in the MWC in sacrifice bunts
In the NCAA tournament, had a single in game one vs. Auburn, a hit and a run in game two vs. Auburn and went 3-for-3 with 2 runs and 1 walk in the final game vs. Washington
Scored 1 run vs. Utah to help BYU win the MWC title
Hit a double at San Diego State .
Started vs. Utah State coming off an injury, hitting 2-for-2 with 2 runs and 1 stolen base
Had 1 run and 1 walk vs. No. 6 UCLA
Went 2-for-3 vs. Boise State with 1 walk, 1 run and 1 stolen base
Went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and 2 runs against SIUE
Had 1 run and 1 walk against No. 14 Oregon

Senior Year 2012

Earned Academic All-WAC honors
Earned WAC Scholar-Athlete honors
In the BYU record books, finished No. 6 in career on base percentage, No. 8 in career batting average, No. 9 in career walks and No. 10 in career runs scored
Her .481 on base percentage was the ninth-best mark in a season in BYU history
Ended the season No. 3 in sacrifice bunts, No. 4 in on base percentage and No. 9 in batting average among WAC players
Went 4 for 4 at Southern Utah, only the 26th time in BYU history a player has had four or more hits in a game
Went 2 for 2 with 2 RBI, 1 run and 1 walk against Fresno State in the WAC Tournament championship
Hit a 2-RBI single in the NCAA Regional opening win vs. Mississippi State
Scored 2 runs in five-consecutive games during series against Southern Utah and San Jose State
Played in 47 games with 41 starts