DURHAM, N.C. – The Coastal Plain League (CPL) announced this afternoon the selections for the 2025 All-CPL First and Second Teams.

Each team features 30 players: one per each infield position, six designated hitter/utility players, eight outfielders, and 11 pitchers (a combination of starters and relievers). Teams are selected with input from CPL head coaches.

Highlighting the First Team are CPL Hitter of the Year Carlos Pena (Peninsula Pilots/Indiana State), Starting Pitcher of the Year Drew Harrison (Boone Bigfoots/Pearl River CC), and Reliever of the Year Casey O’Dell (Wilson/Florida Southern). In total, 36 honorees were selected as CPL All-Stars earlier this summer.

Two of the players recognized were also drafted in the 2025 Major League Draft back in July. Morehead City’s Danny Thompson (UNC Greensboro) and Martinsville’s Hayden Friese (Western Carolina), both members of the All-CPL Second Team, went in the eighth round to Toronto and the 20th round to Atlanta respectively. Both signed soon after and began their professional careers with Single-A Dunedin and Augusta. Several others went on to sign professional contracts with independent leagues, including the Pilots Kyle Edwards (Old Dominion) and Pena, as well as Wilson’s Chase Waddell (Barton College), who all signed with Washington, Windy City and Evansville respectively of the Frontier League.

Peninsula led the way with 11 total selections, which marks the the third straight year the club has done so. The Wilson Tobs, winners of the 2025 CPL Petitt Cup Championship, followed next with eight players. From there, it was Boone with seven, Forest City with five, and Lexington County and Morehead City each with four. Six teams – Asheboro, Holly Springs, Macon, Martinsville, Tri-City, and Wilmington – earned three selections apiece. Finally, Florence, Greenville, and HPThomasville each had one representative to close things out.

Below is the complete list for the All-CPL First and Second Teams:

FIRST TEAM
C – Chase Waddell (Wilson / Barton College)
1B – Yariel Diaz (Asheboro / USC Aiken)
2B – Kazuya Jordan (Peninsula / VMI)
3B – Chris Martinez (Peninsula / Univ. of Science & Art Oklahoma)
SS – Kyle Edwards (Peninsula / Old Dominion)

DH/UTL – Michael Young (Boone / South Alabama)
DH/UTL – Zach Cowart (Lexington County / Lander)
DH/UTL – Evan Bouldin (Tri-City / Delaware)
DH/UTL – Seojun Oh (Asheboro / High Point)
DH/UTL – Luis Ramirez (Forest City / UNC Pembroke)
DH/UTL – Tanner Malley (Morehead City / Western Michigan)

OF – Carlos Pena (Peninsula / Indiana State)
OF – Nate Anderson (Morehead City / Kennesaw State)
OF – Davin Whitaker (Boone / East Carolina)
OF – Charlie Bussey III (Wilson / Francis Marion)
OF – Owen Prince (Martinsville / VMI)
OF – Keaton Ray (Tri-City / Middle Tennessee State)
OF – Nick DiCarlo (Lexington County / North Carolina A&T)
OF – Trenton Lyons (Holly Springs / Kennesaw State)

SP – Drew Harrison (Boone / Pearl River CC)
SP – Cole Koonce (Peninsula / Southern Illinois)
SP – Rijnaldo Euson (Boone / Western Kentucky)
SP – Nathan Leininger (Wilson / Toledo)
SP – Caleb Lingenfelter (Peninsula / Liberty)
RP – Casey O’Dell (Wilson / Florida Southern)
RP – Olvis Genao (Peninsula / Southeastern)
RP – Thomas Paxton (Wilmington / East Carolina)
RP – Cam Nuckols (Peninsula / Bridgewater)
RP – Kai Decker (Macon / Mercer)
RP – Billy Morris (Forest City / D’Youville)

SECOND TEAM
C – David Stokely (Peninsula / Murray State)
1B – Grayson Fitzwater (Peninsula / VMI)
2B – Jack Kail (Wilson / Columbia)
3B – Cade Fuller (Forest City / Freed-Hardeman)
SS – Frank Kelly (Forest City / High Point)

DH/UTL – Blake Martin (Lexington County / Charlotte)
DH/UTL – Matthew Williams (Wilson/ Millersville)
DH/UTL – Blake Gaffney (HPThomasville / Wake Tech CC)
DH/UTL – Billy Ham (Macon / Nevada)
DH/UTL – Cooper Clapp (Tri-City / Middle Tennessee State)
DH/UTL – Tyler Macon (Boone / Missouri)

OF – Hayden Friese (Martinsville / Western Carolina)
OF – Carter Murphy (Wilson / South Florida)
OF – Levi Ham (Macon / Point Loma Nazarene)
OF – Ryan Martin (Holly Springs / Dallas Baptist)
OF – Johnboy Rittenhouse (Martinsville / The Cumberlands)
OF – Myles Holmes (Boone/ Richard Bland College)
OF – Jake Griffith (Asheboro / Tampa)
OF – Cam Suto (Wilmington / Kennesaw State)

SP – Braxton Stewart (Wilson / Nebraska)
SP – Harrison Lewis (Boone / Campbell)
SP – Quinn Holt (Greenville / Keystone College)
SP – Reid Bertram (Morehead City / Gardner-Webb)
SP – John Jones (Forest City / Houston-Victoria)
RP – Anthony Roszko (Peninsula / Virginia Wesleyan)
RP – Talor Grubbs (Wilmington / East Carolina)
RP – Logan Voelz (Florence / Rice)
RP – Danny Thompson (Morehead City / UNC Greensboro)
RP – Leo Giannoni (Holly Springs / Florida Gulf Coast)
RP – Hunter Phipps (Lexington County / College of Charleston)

About Coastal Plain League:
The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier and most innovative summer collegiate baseball league. The CPL is currently comprised of 15 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,800 alumni drafted, and 201 alums make their Major League debut. Most notable alumni include Justin Verlander, Ryan Zimmerman, Mark Reynolds, Kevin Youkilis, Chris Taylor, Alec Bohm, Jake Cave, Chas McCormick and NFL Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson. For more information on the Coastal Plain League, please visit the league website at www.coastalplain.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @CPLBaseball.

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