WAYNE, N.J. – For the second straight year, William Paterson outfielder Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) earned a spot on the Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America Team when he received third-team accolades on May 22.

Guadango, a three-time first-team all-New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) pick (2007-09), was a member of last year's ABCA All-America Second Team as well as the 2008 and 2009 All-Region First Teams, and the 2007 All-Region Second Team. The junior right fielder paced the Pioneers this spring with 72 hits (tied-third in NJAC, 20th in Division III) and 17 doubles (tied-fourth in NJAC, 44th in NCAA), and through the games of May 20, he was second in the conference statistics in hits/game (1.80), tied for third in total bases (111, 57th in Division III), fourth in RBI (48) and doubles/game (1.10), fifth in RBI/game (1.20), sixth in batting average (.419) and steals/game (0.33), seventh in slugging percentage (.645), stolen bases (13) and runs scored (44), tied for seventh in home runs (six), eighth in homers/game (0.15), and ninth in runs/game (1.10). Guadango was named the NJAC and ECAC Metro Player of the Week (April 27) after hitting .625 (10-16) with two doubles, three home runs, 11 RBI, a sacrifice fly and five runs scored, compiling a 1.313 slugging percentage and a .588 on-base percentage the previous week. The junior outfielder currently ranks second in hits (208), tied for third in doubles (46), fourth in batting average (.422) and tied for ninth in hit by pitches (14) on the William Paterson career charts, and his 2009 season totals placed him in a tie for sixth place in both hits and doubles on the Pioneer charts. Guadango reached base safely in 34 of 40 games this year, had 24 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games, and started the season with a 10-game hit streak.

William Paterson reached the finals of the 2009 NJAC Tournament, posting a 24-17 overall record and a 12-6 mark in conference play.