Andrea Messina, a 2003 graduate and a four-year member of the Saint Anselm softball team, remains the program's all-time leader in career earned-run average (1.22) and ranks second all-time with 105 career appearances and 627.1 innings pitched. She racked up 666 career strikeouts, the second-most in team history. Her eight career saves is also tied for the most in Saint Anselm history.
Messina helped Saint Anselm to 109 victories in four years as a part of one of the winningest classes in program history, winning 60 of those games for Saint Anselm in the circle. She began her career with a share of Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year honors in 2000, picking up the first of her three NE10 All-Conference accolades that year as well.
She was a key part of the 2002 team that made the first NCAA postseason appearance in the history of Saint Anselm softball. In the team's debut game, Messina conceded just five hits and struck out six batters to push the Hawks past second-seeded C.W. Post on May 9 – she finished the NCAA postseason with three appearances, striking out 13 batters in 14 innings and allowing just one earned run.
Posting a 1.09 earned-run average as a senior in 2003, Messina captured NFCA Second Team All-Region merits after the season. As a junior, she earned ECAC Division II North All-Star Team placement after limiting batters to a .190 average, the second-finest mark in team history. To this day, Messina is tied for seventh in NE10 history in career strikeouts and 12th in career earned-run average.
