1999 MLB Draft

The Coastal Plain League announced that 24 players, both former and current players signed for the 1999 season, were drafted in the 1999 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. University of North Carolina’s Kyle Snyder, a 1997 Raleigh Redwolves pitcher, became the highest- drafted alumnus ever, chosen by the Kansas City Royals in the first round, seventh overall. This year’s 24 drafted CPL alums doubles last year’s total of twelve.

The complete list of CPL players drafted follows:

**Coastal Plain League Alumni Drafted In 1999 Major League Draft**
Round	Overall	Player	College/University	MLB Team Drafted By	CPL Team(s)
1	7	Kyle Snyder	North Carolina	Kansas City	’97 Raleigh
1	41	Casey Burns	Richmond	San Diego	’98 Florence
4	125	Vaughn Schill	Duke	Seattle	’97 Wilmington
6	175	Eric Henderson	Santa Fe CC	Tampa Bay	’98 Rocky Mount
9	287	Stephen Cowie	Duke	Cleveland	’97 Durham
9	290	Chris Curry	Mississippi State	Chicago (NL)	’97 Outerbanks
11	340	Chris Moore	Western Carolina	Colorado	’98 Wilson
11	352	Brian Adams	Clemson	San Diego	’98 Rocky Mount
13	409	Mike Dwyer	Richmond	Boston	’98 Fayetteville
15	448	Todd Kasper	Yale	Arizona	’97 Raleigh/ ’98 Rocky Mount
16	486	Chris Keelin	Montclair State	Philadelphia	’98 Durham
17	527	Chris Kelley	William & Mary	Cleveland	’97 Wilmington
24	722	Josh Bonifay	UNC Wilmington	Pittsburgh	’97, ’98 Wilmington/ ’99 Asheboro
24	731	Ben Grezlovski	Florida	Anaheim	’99 Wilmington
24	732	Michael Crudale	Santa Clara	St. Louis	’98 Florence
25	754	Casey Trout	Maryland	Milwaukee	’98 Wilson
26	784	Anthony Forelli	Old Dominion	Milwaukee	’97 Wilmington
27	817	Rodney Ormand	NC State	Baltimore	’98 Wilson
29	879	Jason Rummel	Towson State	Chicago (AL)	98 Wilmington
30	912	Mark Butler	Bellevue College	St. Louis	’98 Durham
34	1044	Curt Fiore	Loyola Marymount	Atlanta	’98 Wilson
36	1077	Jason Siegfried	Dayton	Detroit	’97 Durham
42	1272	Adam Poe	South Carolina	Texas	’97 Raleigh
46	1377	Jeff Becker	Duke	Cleveland	’97 Durham