WAYNE, N.J. – William Paterson junior outfielder Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) has been named to the 2009 D3Baseball.com Preseason All-America First Team, the group announced Jan. 10.

A member of the 2008 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-America Second Team, ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region First Team, ECAC Metro Region All-First Team and New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III All-State First Team, Guadango has been named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference's (NJAC) All-First Team each of his two seasons as a Pioneer. At the conclusion of the 2008 regular season, he led the league in almost every offensive category, and in the final conference statistics, he was atop the charts in batting average (.435), slugging percentage (.701), RBI (59, 22nd in Division III), doubles (17), total bases (124, 19th in Division III), hits/game (1.83), doubles/game (0.40), and RBI/game (1.40, 23rd in Division III). Guadango also was second in hits (77, 17th in Division III) and runs/game (1.26), third in runs (53), tied for third in home runs (eight), and fifth in on-base percentage (.495) and homers/game (0.19) in the NJAC.

As a freshman in 2007, Guadango was selected to the ABCA Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team and was the NJCBA Division II/III Rookie Player of the Year.

William Paterson was 23-19 overall and 10-8 in NJAC play last spring, advancing to the NJAC Tournament.