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 .