 In March 2011, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and in October 2011 he was inducted into the Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame.In 2009, Mesler and his sister, Dr. Leigh Mesler Parise, founded Classroom Champions and have grown it into an international organization affecting change in classrooms and donating needed technology utilizing Olympians and Paralympians as around the year mentors to thousands of students in the U.S., Canada, and Costa Rica.For his work on Classroom Champions, Mesler was named one of Sports Illustrated's renowned "Athletes Who Care" and was a 2011 Nominee for the International Champion for Peace Award by Peace and Sport.