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Jacob Messina Class: Senior Hometown: Matthews, NC High School: East Mecklenburg HS Height: 5-6 Event: AA Club: G&J Speedway

	FX	PH	SR	V	PB	HB	AA
Career Highs	-	14.900	15.450	-	15.000	14.650	-

2009: Team Captain ... Tied for second on pommel horse (14.650) and finished fourth on high bar (14.100) at Rocky Mountain Open ... Finished fourth on parallel bars (14.600) in win against Nebraska ... Also came in third on parallel bars with a score of 14.150 against Texas club team ... Won parallel bars (14.900) and pommel horse (14.800) while scoring a career high on pommel horse in win over Iowa. Won high bar with a career high score of 14.650 and tied for second on rings with a 14.950 in home win against Nebraska ... Came in second, tying a season high on still rings with a score of 15.000 in win over Minnesota and Stanford ... Broke season high on rings with a score of 15.050, finishing fourth in win over Ohio State ... Set career highs on pommel horse (14.900) and rings (15.450) placing first on rings and tying for second on pommel in a win over Penn State ... Finished third on rings with a score of 15.350 at the MPSF Championship.

2008 NCAA Championships: Earned his second-highest scores of the season on pommel horse (14.150) and rings (15.300) in Team Finals.

2008: Recorded personal-best 15.000 on p-bars and tied career high on rings (15.350) at MPSF Championship ... Also tied for fourth on horse (14.100) at MPSF Championship ... Set career high on high bar (14.600) at Penn State ... Tied for second on p-bars, tied for third on h-bar and tied for fourth on pommel horse (14.200) in win against the Nittany Lions ... Finished fourth on pommel horse (14.000) and tied for fourth on rings (15.100) in win over Minnesota ... Recorded a season-high 15.350 on rings at Pacific Coast Classic ... Third on rings (15.000) and fourth on p-bars (14.750) in win at Iowa ... Earned top-20 finishes on rings (29.450), pommel horse (27.400) and high bar (27.400) at the Winter Cup Challenge ... Placed third on pommel horse (14.200), rings (14.900) and high bar (14.300) in home win against Nebraska ... Placed third on rings (14.950) in Michigan win ... Second on rings (14.450) and fourth on p-bars (14.550) against Nebraska and Air Force ... Placed second on pommel horse (13.800) and tied for fourth on rings (14.800) at the Rocky Mountain Open.

2007: Won the all-around title (51.0) at the Rocky Mountain Open ... Also won the still rings (9.1) and finished second on pommel horse (8.5) and high bar (8.7) at RMO event finals ... Redshirted after tearing his ACL on high bar dismount at RMO.

2006 NCAA Championships: Posted a career-high 9.475 on the high bar in NCAA team prelims.

2006: Finished third on the still rings (8.7) at Rocky Mountain Open ... Took second on the high bar (9.25) against Iowa ... Finished second on the parallel bars (8.85) and third on the still rings (9.25) and high bar (9.1) against Nebraska ... Finished second on the high bar with a career-high 9.35 against Stanford and Nebraska ... Took second on the high bar (9.45) behind teammate Chris Brooks at the MPSF Championships.

2005 NCAA Championships: Set career high on the vault (9.275) during NCAA team prelims ... Set career high on the floor exercise (9.525) in the NCAA team finals ... Finished seventh (9.287) on the floor exercise in NCAA event finals.

2005: Finished fourth (9.15) on pommel horse against Ohio State ... Finished third on the floor (9.3) in win over Minnesota ... Finished third behind two fellow Sooners on the pommel horse (9.15) versus Nebraska on Feb. 20 ... Finished third (52.875) in the all-around in Feb. 20 win over Nebraska ... Finished fourth on the vault (9.25) in win over Nebraska on Feb. 13.

Club/High School: Trained at G & J Speedway Gymnastics ... Coached by Jie Ding ... Member of the Junior National Team in 2001 ... North Carolina State Champion 2000-2004 ... Four-time regional team member ... Named North Carolina's men's gymnastics Athlete of the Year in 2004 ... National academic honoree (2001-2004) ... Attended East Mecklenburg High School.

Personal: Born in Yonkers, N.Y. ... Son of Barbara and Sal Messina...Also recruited by Illinois and Iowa ... Majoring in environmental science.