St. Bonifacius, MN - Howie Hatton was named D3baseball.com preseason All-American as announced this week.

Hatton comes off a monster campaign where he earned UMAC Player of the Year honors as he hit a whopping .486 with 67 hits, 10 doubles, 55 RBI's, and 8 home runs. It was truly a spectacular year for Hatton as he finished 4th in all NCAA Divison III in batting average.

Hatton finished the year with a whopping .746 slugging percentage as well. Hatton set two single season school records as well for batting average and on base percentage.