2009 All-Atlantic Sun Conference
2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District
2007 Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team
2008-09 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team
2007-08 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team
2006-07 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team
2009: Named Second Team All-Atlantic Sun Conference…Led the team in batting average (.371), runs scored (46), hits (82), RBI (43), doubles (17), home runs (10), total bases (131), plate appearances (251) and games started (53)…Had a team-best 24 multiple hit games and team-high 12 multiple RBI games…Posted the longest hitting streak of the year, batting safely in 12 consecutive games…Finished the year with an eight game hitting streak…Second on the team with a .593 slugging percentage and third on the team with a .444 on-base percentage…Posted a season-best four hits against Ohio State and Jacksonville…Had a season-high five RBI against USF adding four RBI against both George Mason and No. 11 Miami…Blasted two home runs against Mercer, finishing the game 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI.
2008: Named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District second team…Led team in runs scored (52), on-base percentage (.453), total plate appearances (261) and starts (55)…Tied for team lead in doubles (16), hit by pitch (11) and games played (55)…Finished second on team in home runs (4), total bases (105), slugging percentage (.491), hits (75) and walks (31)…Had eight multiple RBI games…Had nine-game hitting streak that lasted from April 2-13…Had eight-game hitting streak that lasted from March 21-29 and hit .500 (17-for-34) during that streak…Knocked in season-high four RBI in UNF's 17-9 win over No. 23 Mississippi State on Feb. 23…Reached base 11 consecutive times against Jacksonville May 3-4…Tied career-high of four hits against Stetson in UNF's 17-10 win on Apr. 19…Notched seven outfield assists.
2007: Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team…Was the fourth Osprey on the team to finish with a batting average over .300 (.308)…Had a nine-game hitting streak that lasted from Apr. 22-May 15, hitting .405 during the streak…Closed out season hitting safely in 12 of last 13 games…Hammered out career-high four hits against Jacksonville on May 5.
High School: Graduated from Lakeland Senior High School in 2006…Team won district titles in 2003 and 2004…Team advanced to the state playoffs four times, including three trips to regional rounds of Class 5A playoffs (freshman-junior seasons)…Earned Third Team All-State honors as a sophomore and senior and First Team honors as a junior…First Team All-District in each of his final three seasons…Batted .400 with five home runs as a senior, .465 as a junior with 43 hits and .385 as a sophomore with two home runs and 43 RBI.
Personal: Full name is Preston Garrett Hale…Son of Sally Ann and Garry Hale…Born on March 7, 1988, in Lakeland, Fla.…Was an honor student at Lakeland Senior High School and a member of the National Honor Society, graduating with a 4.04 GPA…Majoring in criminal justice.
