WAYNE, N.J. – William Paterson senior outfielder Mike Guadango (Upper Saddle River, N.J./Northern Highlands) was named to the D3baseball.com Preseason All-America Honorable Mention Team, the group announced Jan. 19.

Guadango, a three-time first-team all-New Jersey Athletic Conference pick (2007-09), was a member of the 2009 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-America Third Team and the 2008 ABCA All-America Second Team, as well as the 2008 and 2009 ABCA Mid-Atlantic Region All-First Teams and the 2007 All-Region Second Team. Also selected to last spring's New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association (NJCBA) Division II/III All-State First Team and ECAC Metro Region All-Star First Team, the right fielder paced the Pioneers with 72 hits (tied-third in NJAC, 41st in Division III) and 17 doubles (tied-fourth in NJAC, 59th in NCAA), and he was second in the conference statistics in hits/game (1.80), tied for third in total bases (111), fourth in doubles/game (1.10, 70th in Division III) and RBI/game (1.20), tied for fourth in RBI (48), sixth in batting average (.419), steals/game (0.33) and slugging percentage (.645), seventh in stolen bases (13), and eighth in runs scored (44), home runs (six), homers/game (0.15) and runs/game (1.10).

Guadango begins his senior season ranked 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 lists. He reached base safely in 34 of 40 games last year, had 24 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games, and began 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.