PRONUNCIATION:
2025: ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-America... NSIC Player of the Week... NSIC Newcomer of the Year... All-NSIC First Team... NCBWA All-Central Region Second Team... D2CCA All-Central Region Second Team... ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team... Led NSIC and set Minnesota State single season home run record (21)... Led NSIC and set Minnesota State single season runs batted in record (86)... Set Minnesota State single season record in total bases (167)... Played and started in 59 games... Led team and second in NSIC slugging percentage (.740)... Ninth in NSIC on base percentage (.471)... Scored 68 runs (second in NSIC)... Notched 19 doubles (second) and walked 43 times (team leader)... Season high five hits at Minot State (Apr. 6)... Season best two doubles at Wayne State College (Apr. 29)... Season high two home runs vs. Henderson State (May 17)... Posted five runs batted in at Minot State (Apr. 6)... Ten games of three or more hits... Two hits in NCAA Central Region Championship game vs. Pittsburg State with three runs batted in... Helped Mavericks to NSIC Regular Season and Tournament Championships.
MINNESOTA 2024 | REDSHIRT JUNIOR Started 46 of the 47 games he played, slashing .284/.376/.519 · slugged a team-high 12 home runs and added seven doubles · tallied 33 RBI and 37 runs scoredwith 26 walks · recorded a 25-game on-base streak to start the season, the longest of any Gopher in 2024.
Game Highlights: Went 1-2 with a double and a walk against No. 7 Oregon State (Feb. 17) · had two hits in three at bats with a walk, home run, two RBIs and two runs against Pacific (Mar. 3) · hit two home runs in one inning, including a grand slam and had six RBIs against Pacific on Mar. 4 · collected three RBI with a home run against Gonzaga (Mar. 8) · went 1-4 with a home run and two RBI against Elon (Mar. 17) · totaled three hits in four at-bats with three runs scored against San Francisco (Mar. 24) · had a two-RBI double and scored two runs against Iowa (Mar. 29) · went 3-4 with a home run, RBI and a run scored against Michigan (Apr. 14) · reached base four times against Indiana and scored one run (Apr. 21) · had a monster series against Michigan State, collecting six hits, three home runs and six RBI in the series to be named Big Ten Player of the Week · went 2-5 with a home run and two RBI (May 11) · went 3-5 with two home runs, four RBI and four runs scored (May 12) · had one hit and one RBI in three trips to the plate in the final game against Northwestern (May 18)
2023 | SUMMER Mezzenga played for the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League · played 25 games, batting .241 with 21 hits, 14 RBI and 14 runs.
Game Highlights: went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and a home run, scored a run and had two RBI in a loss to La Crosse (June 16).
2023 | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE Started in 50 of the 52 games he played in, slashing .254/.383/.329 with four home runs and 30 RBI in his first season in the Maroon and Gold
· totaled 49 hits, including 13 doubles, with 31 runs scored and 23 walks · tallied a .916 fielding percentage with 119 assists while appearing at multiple positions, including shortstop, left field, right field and first base.
Game Highlights: Had two hits in three at-bats with one RBI and one run vs. Oregon State (Feb. 18) · totaled three hits, including two doubles, while also having an RBI and a run vs. Saint Louis (Feb. 24) · hit two doubles vs. Saint Louis with an RBI (Feb. 26) · went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs vs. No. 4 Ole Miss (March 4) · tallied two hits with two RBI in a win over NIU (March 7) · hit his first career Gopher home run in a two-hit performance against Houston (March 17) · had an RBI and a double in a win at Illinois State (March 21) · went 1-for-3 with a three-run double in a win over Purdue (April 9) · hit a home run in a three-hit performance and victory vs. NDSU (April 14) · totaled two hits and had two RBI in a win over Iowa (April 14) · had an RBI double in a win at Nebraska (April 28) · hit the game-clinching sacrifice fly in a win over Michigan (May 6) · blasted his third home run of the year as one of two hits at No. 19 Maryland (May 13) · drilled a home run and had three RBI at Maryland (May 14) · had three hits, including two doubles, with two RBI vs. SDSU (May 16) · singled and scored the game-winning run in an 8-7 comeback versus Rutgers (May 19).
2022 | SUMMER Played in 13 games for the St. Cloud Rox, hitting .361 with two home runs, 19 RBI and 14 runs scored · had 22 hits in 61 at-bats, hitting six doubles and walking eight times · posted a .557 slugging percentage and a .429 on-base percentage.
2022 | SOPHOMORE (NIACC) Had a huge sophomore season, hitting .345 with 15 home runs and 51 RBI while slugging .635 for the year in 53 games · had 68 hits in 197 at-bats, knocking 12 doubles and tallying 34 walks.
2021 | FRESHMAN (NIACC) Played in 19 games in his freshman year, tallying a .150 batting average · hit one home run with five RBI, six hits and five runs scored · walked 10 times and stole a base · slugged .225 with a .314 on-base percentage.
BEFORE MINNESOTA Attended Mounds View High School · as a senior he hit three home runs with 15 RBI · he was a 2020 team captain and an academic honor roll selection · also played football and hockey his freshmen and sophomore years of high school · went to state for ping pong as a junior.
PERSONAL Born Jan. 18, 2002 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Rainie Mezzenga-McSherry and Tony Mezzenga... Has three brothers, Ben, Gabe and Luke... Played for the Gophers from 2016-19, earning All-Big Ten Second Team honors as a junior.
