SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Western New England College sophomore Andrew Fatse (Hampden, MA) was named to the 2009 d3baseball.com Division III All-America Baseball Team, which was announced Wednesday (May 20).
Fatse, a second baseman, was a Third-Team selection after leading the Golden Bears in hitting with a .420 average in his first year as a starter.
He established a school record with 68 runs-batted-in (eighth nationally) and tied another WNEC mark with seven triples (13th nationally)
Fatse, a Business major, led the Golden Bears with a .636 slugging percentage, 103 total bases and eight sacrifice flies (third nationally), and was second on the team in hits (68).
Earlier this month, he was named to the All-New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) Division III and The Commonwealth Coast Conference (TCCC) First Teams.
Fatse is a 2007 graduate of Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham where he was a team captain, and an All-Western Massachusetts and Valley Wheel Conference performer. His older brother Peter is the starting left fielder on the UConn baseball team.