HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Joined the team as a senior walk-on in the summer of 2026 ... son of Ryan and Karin Messmore ... has three siblings - Joshua, Katie and Rosemary ... played both soccer and football in high school ... was a 2020 NCAIAA All-Conference selection in soccer at St. David's School in Raleigh, N.C. ... transferred to Bishop Brady High School in Concord, N.H. in 2021 where he played football, was a captain on the soccer team and a member of the track team ... earned First Team All-State honors in football as a junior and senior ... was named the program's Special Teams Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023 ... earned CHaD East-West All-Star honors in 2023 ... won a state championship as a member of the 4x100 relay on the BBHS track team ... graduated Summa Cum Laude and served as the senior class president ... great grandfather Ellis Vest played football and basketball for Davis and Elkins College and his Great Uncle William Rogers Jr. was the West Virginia University mascot ... worked in the UVA athletic communications office his first three years in Charlottesville ... a Statistics and Economics major at UVA.