WILMINGTON, North Carolina - Former UNCW standout catcher Chris Hatcher has been promoted to the Florida Marlins as the club enters the final month of the 2010 season. Hatcher becomes the second Seahawk this season to reach the major league level.

Hatcher split his fifth season in the organization between the triple A and double A levels with New Orleans and Jacksonville (Fla.), respectively. Prior to earning the promotion, he narrowly missed hitting for the cycle on Tuesday in Jacksonville's 5-0 win over Tennessee. The only hit missing was a triple.

Hatcher was a fifth-round draft pick of the Marlins following his junior season with the Seahawks in 2006. That season he hit .348 with 17 stolen bases and 55 runs batted in. Hatcher was named Colonial Athletic Association tournament most valuable player after collecting three game-winning hits, including a two-run triple in the bottom of the ninth that sent the Seahawks to the NCAA tournament. For his career at UNCW, Hatcher hit .324 with 16 home runs and 105 RBI.

Hatcher, who is the seventh Seahawk to reach the major league level, joins John Raynor as Seahawks in the major leagues this season. Raynor opened the season with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Marlins play the Washington Nationals on Wednesday in the final game of a three-game set in Miami.