2022 co-captain...
2021: Second-year captain... earned 3^rd varsity Letter… 3^rd team ABCA All-America… D3 Baseball.com All-America honorable mention… 1^st team ABCA/Rawlings All-New England Region… 1^st team All-LEC… 2x LEC Player-of-the-Week on March 14^th and March 28^th… ECSU Scholar-Athlete award-winner… batted in the two-hole 34/39 games started and played in left in 38/39… Lead team in hits (60), doubles (16), homeruns (12), RBIs (47), and total bases (114)… tied for team lead in runs scored with 47 and hit-by-pitches with 9… 2^nd on team in slugging percentage at .735… most multi-hit games on team with 20 and most multi-RBI games on team with 12… season included a 14-game hitting streak… reached base in 18 straight games, a streak that continued into 2022 season…

2019: Earned second varsity letter…appeared in 41 games with 35 starts…batted .275 with 39 hits and 26 RBI… had ten multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI games…reached base in seven straight games…in LEC regular-season play, appeared in all 16 games, 12 as a starter…batted .385 with 20 hits and 15 RBI in those games…started all three LEC tournament games with one hit…

2018: Missed the  season after undergoing knee surgery Nov. 7, 2017...

2017: Appeared in 32 games with 23 starts and batted .370 -- third-highest on the team -- while batting leadoff and also in the  middle of the lineup... had a .453 on-base percentage -- second only to All-America Alex Zachary... in his first start March 17 vs. UW-Platteville in Florida, had three hits (with a double) and scored three runs while playing left field and hitting fifth in the order... in three LEC tournament games, reached safely six times with three hits and three walks and scored four runs...

High School: Two-year starter in the outfield during four-year baseball career... in baseball as a senior, batted over .400 and helped team win the conference and county championship and reach the state finals with a 26-4 record... team selected Team-of-the-Year and ranked No. 1 by the Bergen Record... as a senior in baseball, named first-team all-state, all-county and all-conference... also played football for a year and basketball for two... that year, also selected to the All-North Jersey Team and All-New Jersey honorable mention... 
Other: In 2016, named MVP for the Rockland OTB Pirates Senior American Legion zone and state championship team which reached the regional tournament...

PERSONAL: Born John L. Mesagno October 29, 1998… Parents: Laura and John… Sister: Grace… Major: Business Administration (Organization Management)… Career plans: MLB General Manager… Residence: Tappan, NY…

JOHN...REVEALED

What's something you're really good at? Baseball
What are you watching on Netflix these days? HBO max is superior
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Willimantic, Ct
What is your hidden talent? Don’t remember where I hid it.
Is there any food you don’t eat? Coconut
What makes you laugh? Things that are funny
What is something that you’ve always wanted to learn? To speak Spanish
What can you do better than anyone else? Play baseball
Where do you go when you have to ‘get away’? The gym
Pet peeve: when Luke Broadhurst turns the shower on for 15 minutes before he gets in.
Something that you may never live to see: a world without masks
Favorite moment of all time: winning the national championship this year.
Most influential person in the world: Scott Smith
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: don’t have children
Scariest insect: centipede
Your most overused phrase: for sure
 Words to live by: sometimes when the pencil breaks you just gotta scribble with the nibble.
Worst thing about COVID: being vaccinated means nothing Best thing about COVID: not one single thing