DURHAM, N.C. (JAN. 28, 2019) – Another week closer to the season means another preseason award for Austin Shenton. The junior third baseman was named a second team preseason All-American by Baseball America on Monday morning.

Baseball America annually polls major league organizations' scouting departments to vote on the team and asks that they make their selections based on performance, talent and professional potential. In the past, the Preseason All-America team has been a predictor both of the first round of the draft and of team success.

Shenton, a Bellingham, Washington native, slashed his way to a .344 average with 11 doubles, 9 homeruns and 29 RBIs in 2018 for the Panthers. The third baseman was named second All-Conference last season before making his way to the Cape Cod League, where he led the Wareham Gatemen to a league title and was named Postseason MVP.
 
The talented third baseman leads a FIU team that returns 26 players from a team that went 26-28 in 2018. A new season brings a Top-25 recruiting class as well, as the Panthers look to return to postseason play for the first time since 2015.
 
The 2019 season officially gets underway at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15th as FIU plays host to Stony Brook at FIU Baseball Stadium. Fans interested in purchasing tickets to FIU baseball home games should call 305-FIU-GAME or go to tickets.fiusports.com.
 
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2019 Baseball America Preseason All-America Teams

 
First team
C      Adley Rutschman, Jr., Oregon State
1B    Andrew Vaughn, Jr., California
2B    Chase Strumpf, Jr., UCLA
3B    Josh Jung, Jr., Texas Tech
SS    Logan Davidson, Jr., Clemson
OF    JJ Bleday, Jr., Vanderbilt
OF    Michael Busch, Jr., North Carolina
OF    Kyle Stowers, Jr., Stanford
SP    Tyler Dyson, Jr., Florida
SP    Nick Lodolo, Jr., Texas Christian
SP    Graeme Stinson, Jr., Duke
SP    Zack Thompson, Jr., Kentucky
RP    Matt Cronin, Jr., Arkansas
UTL  Matt Wallner, Jr., Southern Mississippi
 
Second team
C      Shea Langeliers, Jr., Baylor
1B    Spencer Torkelson, So., Arizona State
2B    Noah Campbell, So., South Carolina
3B    Austin Shenton, Jr., FIU
SS    Bryson Stott, Jr., Nevada-Las Vegas
OF    Dominic Fletcher, Jr., Arkansas
OF    Kameron Misner, Jr., Missouri
OF    Bryant Packard, Jr., East Carolina
SP    Matt Canterino, Jr., Rice
SP    George Kirby, Jr., Elon
SP    Erik Miller, Jr., Stanford
SP    Alek Manoah, Jr., West Virginia
RP    Jack Little, Jr., Stanford
UTL  J.T. Ginn, Fr., Mississippi State
 
Third team
C      Patrick Bailey, So., North Carolina State
1B    Logan Wyatt, Jr., Louisville
2B    Michael Massey, Jr., Illinois
3B    Nick Quintana, Jr., Arizona
SS    Will Wilson, Jr., North Carolina State
OF    Wil Dalton, Jr., Florida
OF    Heston Kjerstad, So., Arkansas
OF    Will Robertson, Jr., Creighton
SP    Kyle Brnovich, Jr., Elon