The Coastal Plain League announced Monday, June 9, 2008, that 115 players, both former and players signed for the 2008 season, were drafted in the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. A list that featured 16 players selected in the first 10 rounds was highlighted by Robert Lanigan of Adelphi, who played for the Edenton Steamers in 2007, and went in the third round, 92nd pick overall to the Minnesota Twins.
The 115 players drafted is the most CPL alumni total drafted since the league started back in 1997. In 2007, 85 CPL alums were selected in the draft, while 72 CPL alums were taken in the 2006 draft. All exisiting clubs of the current 15 CPL franchises had at least one alum drafted. The Thomasville HiToms led with 15 players drafted, while the Wilson Tobs had 13 players drafted. The Forest City Owls and Spartanburg Stingers, which relocated to Forest City this year, combined for 12 draftees. The Asheboro Copperheads had 11, while the Florence RedWolves and Martinsville Mustangs were next with 10 each. Edenton, Outer Banks and Wilmington each had nine. Peninsula and Gastonia followed with eight drafted, while Fayetteville, New Bern and Petersburg each tallied six players drafted, and Columbia rounded things out with four alums taken in the draft.
The complete list of CPL players drafted follows:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 92 | Robert Lanigan | Adelphi | Minnesota | ’07 Edenton |
| 5 | 164 | Charles Doyle | Coastal Carolina | New York (NL) | ’08 Florence |
| 5 | 166 | Jeremy Hamilton | Wright State | Philadelphia | ’06 Gastonia |
| 6 | 190 | Adam Milligan | Walters State C.C. | Atlanta | ’07 Martinsville |
| 7 | 227 | Daniel Houston | Boston College | Colorado | ’07 Wilson |
| 7 | 231 | Tim Fedroff | North Carolina | Cleveland | ’07 Wilmington |
| 8 | 245 | Ryan Kulik | Rowan | St. Louis | ’06 Outer Banks |
| 8 | 253 | Andrew Dirks | Wichita State | Detroit | ’05 Fayetteville |
| 8 | 254 | Eric Campbell | Boston College | New York (NL) | ’07 Martinsville |
| 9 | 269 | Dave Sappelt | Coastal Carolina | Cincinnati | ’06 Florence |
| 9 | 278 | Michael Bowman | VMI | Milwaukee | ’07 Peninsula |
| 9 | 283 | Anthony Shawler | Old Dominion | Detroit | ’06, ’07 Peninsula |
| 9 | 286 | Cody Overbeck | Mississippi | Philadelphia | ’06 Thomasville |
| 10 | 308 | Greg Miller | Seton Hall | Milwaukee | ’08 Edenton |
| 10 | 310 | J.J. Hoover | Calhoun C.C. | Atlanta | ’07 Wilson |
| 10 | 320 | William D.J. Mitchell | Clemson | New York (AL) | ’06 Thomasville |
| 11 | 324 | David Rubinstein | Appalachian State | Pittsburgh | ’07 Gastonia / ’08 Thomasville |
| 11 | 350 | Ray Kruml | South Alabama | New York (AL) | ’07 Fayetteville |
| 12 | 355 | Keven Allen Caldwell | Spt. Methodist / Clemson | Kansas City | ’07 Columbia / ’08 Forest City |
| 12 | 370 | David Ross | Walters State C.C. | Atlanta | ’08 Wilson |
| 12 | 374 | Mark Cohoon | North Central Texas C.C. | New York (NL) | ’08 Gastonia |
| 13 | 390 | Dexter Carter | Old Dominion | Chicago (AL) | ’06, ’07 Peninsula |
| 13 | 392 | Kyle Godfrey | Hiwassee J.C. | Houston | ’07 Wilson |
| 13 | 398 | Robert Wooten | North Carolina | Milwaukee | ’04 Wilson / ’06 Wilmington |
| 13 | 409 | Michael Kohn | College of Charleston | Los Angeles (AL) | ’05 Florence / ’06 Columbia |
| 14 | 424 | David Thomas | Catawba College | Oakland | ’06, ’07 Thomasville |
| 14 | 428 | Corey Kemp | East Carolina | Milwaukee | ’06 Petersburg |
| 14 | 429 | Christopher Holguin | Lubbock Christian | Toronto | ’07 Florence |
| 14 | 432 | Luke Burnett | Louisiana Tech | Seattle | ’06 Thomasville |
| 15 | 452 | Phil Disher | South Carolina | Houston | ’06 Florence |
| 16 | 477 | C.J. Ziegler | Arizona | San Francisco | ’06 Asheboro / ’07 Martinsville |
| 16 | 480 | Brett Basham | Mississippi | Chicago (AL) | ’06 Thomasville |
| 16 | 499 | John Hellweg | Florida C.C. | Los Angeles (AL) | ’08 Gastonia |
| 17 | 506 | Brian Conley | Towson | Baltimore | ’07 Edenton |
| 17 | 512 | Andrew Simunic | Tennessee | Houston | ’06 Wilson |
| 17 | 515 | Joshua Hester | Freed-Hardeman | St. Louis | ’07 Fayetteville |
| 17 | 527 | Alan Deratt | UNC-Asheville | Colorado | ’05 Asheboro / ’06 Wilmington |
| 18 | 538 | Thomas Koehler | SUNY Stony Brook | Florida | ’06, ’07 New Bern |
| 18 | 543 | Doug Hogan | Clemson | Texas | ’04, ’05 Florence |
| 18 | 552 | Travis Howell | Cal / Long Beach State | Seattle | ’04 Thomasville |
| 19 | 584 | Zach Rosenbaum | Charlotte | New York (NL) | ’06 Thomasville |
| 19 | 591 | Nate Recknagel | Michigan | Cleveland | ’07 Wilmington |
| 20 | 595 | Shawn Griffin | Tennessee | Kansas City | ’07 Outer Banks |
| 20 | 599 | Tyler Stovall | Central Michigan | Cincinnati | ’06 Wilson |
| 20 | 600 | Justin Greene | Francis Marion | Chicago (AL) | ’07 Columbia |
| 21 | 640 | Tyler Barnett | Eastern Kentucky | Atlanta | ’06 Florence |
| 21 | 646 | Sean Grieve | William & Mary | Philadelphia | ’07 Peninsula |
| 21 | 647 | Tyler Trice | North Carolina | Colorado | ’05 Outer Banks / ’06 Asheboro / ’07 Spartanburg |
| 22 | 656 | Patrick Kantakevich | William & Mary | Baltimore | ’06 Outer Banks |
| 22 | 676 | Daniel Hargrave | UNC-Wilmington | Philadelphia | ’05 Asheboro / ’06 Wilmington |
| 23 | 688 | Konrad Thieme | Sonoma State | Florida | ’07 Edenton |
| 23 | 700 | Daniel Casey Hodges | Mount Olive | Atlanta | ’05, ’06 Martinsville / ’07 Spartanburg |
| 23 | 710 | Ryan Wilkes | Kentucky | New York (AL) | ’05 Wilmington |
| 24 | 715 | Jason Morales | UNC-Pembroke | Kansas City | ’05, ’06, ’07 Fayetteville |
| 24 | 740 | Mike Lyon | Northeastern | New York (AL) | ’07 Petersburg |
| 25 | 754 | Trey Barham | VMI | Oakland | ’06, ’07 Peninsula |
| 25 | 757 | Jerry Sands | Catawba College | Los Angeles (NL) | ’06 Spartanburg / ’07, ’08 Wilson |
| 25 | 759 | Bradley McElroy | Charlotte | Toronto | ’07 Edenton |
| 25 | 760 | Nicholas Fuller | Walters State C.C. | Atlanta | ’08 Forest City |
| 25 | 765 | Logan Power | Mississippi | San Diego | ’05 Petersburg |
| 26 | 775 | Ryan Morgan | Rock Hurst | Kansas City | ’07 Edenton |
| 26 | 780 | Jorge Castillo | Louisville / Florida Intl. | Chicago (AL) | ’07 Thomasville |
| 26 | 785 | Christopher Swauger | The Citadel | St. Louis | ’05 Florence / ’06, ’07 Thomasville |
| 26 | 799 | Kevin Nabors | South Alabama | Los Angeles (AL) | ’06 Asheboro / ’07 Fayetteville |
| 27 | 822 | Tommy Johnson | Marshall | Seattle | ’06 Outer Banks |
| 28 | 838 | Kevin Mattison | UNC-Asheville | Florida | ’05 Wilson / ’07 Edenton |
| 28 | 855 | Nick Schumacher | Wayne State | San Diego | ’05 Asheboro |
| 28 | 856 | Jordan Ellis | Villanova | Philadelphia | ’07 Petersburg |
| 29 | 879 | Justin Cryer | Mississippi | Toronto | ’07 Thomasville |
| 30 | 903 | Justin King | Jacksonville State | Texas | ’06 New Bern |
| 30 | 919 | Jayson Miller | Washington State | Los Angeles (AL) | ’06 New Bern |
| 30 | 922 | Alexander Hale | Richmond | Boston | ’05 Peninsula |
| 31 | 926 | Tyler Sexton | Western Carolina | Baltimore | ’05 Gastonia |
| 31 | 944 | Michael Powers | Michigan | New York (NL) | ’07 Wilmington |
| 32 | 959 | Justin Freeman | Kennesaw State | Cincinnati | ’07 Edenton |
| 32 | 965 | Sam Freeman | Kansas | St. Louis | ’08 Gastonia |
| 33 | 984 | Mark Carver | UNC-Wilmington | Pittsburgh | ’06 Wilson |
| 33 | 987 | Ryne Price | Kansas | San Francisco | ’07 New Bern |
| 33 | 1010 | Tom Baldridge | Coastal Carolina | New York (AL) | ’07 Thomasville |
| 34 | 1014 | Matt Payne | NC State | Pittsburgh | ’06 Gastonia |
| 34 | 1019 | Bryan Gardner | Ithaca | Cincinnati | ’08 Peninsula |
| 34 | 1023 | Ryan Schlecht | Mount Olive | Texas | ’07 Spartanburg |
| 34 | 1031 | James O’Donnell | High Point | Chicago (NL) | ’05, ’06, ’07 Thomasville |
| 34 | 1034 | Justin Garber | Shippensburg | New York (NL) | ’07 Asheboro |
| 34 | 1039 | Andrew Taylor | NC State | Los Angeles (AL) | ’06 Wilson |
| 34 | 1041 | Colin Brennan | Bradley | Cleveland | ’07 Outer Banks |
| 35 | 1060 | Zachary Osbourne | New Mexico J.C. | Atlanta | ’08 Martinsville |
| 35 | 1065 | Logan Gelbrich | San Diego | San Diego | ’05 Thomasville |
| 35 | 1067 | Maikol Gonzalez | Tusculum | Colorado | ’07 Spartanburg |
| 36 | 1078 | Brandon Todd | South Carolina | Florida | ’06 Columbia |
| 36 | 1101 | Adam Warren | North Carolina | Cleveland | ’06 New Bern |
| 38 | 1148 | Michael Roberts | VMI | Milwaukee | ’06 Petersburg / ’07 Peninsula |
| 38 | 1150 | Jeff Richard | Coastal Carolina | Atlanta | ’08 Martinsville |
| 39 | 1183 | Chris Gloor | Quinnipiac | Detroit | ’06, ’07 New Bern |
| 39 | 1190 | Erik Lovett | Mount Olive | New York (AL) | ’06, ’07 Wilson |
| 40 | 1204 | Jeff Dennis | Binghamton | Oakland | ’07 Martinsville / ’08 Edenton |
| 40 | 1205 | Paul Cruz | Tampa | St. Louis | ’07 Martinsville |
| 40 | 1214 | Seth Williams | North Carolina | New York (NL) | ’05 Asheboro / ’07 Wilmington |
| 41 | 1233 | Brian Feekin | Iowa Western C.C. | Texas | ’07 Fayetteville |
| 41 | 1234 | William Cody Hawn | Walters State C.C. | Oakland | ’08 Wilson |
| 41 | 1241 | Jordan Petraitis | Miami (Ohio) | Chicago (NL) | ’08 Forest City |
| 41 | 1244 | Tyler Howe | Kentucky | New York (NL) | ’07 Outer Banks |
| 42 | 1258 | Jeremy Synan | NC State | Florida | ’06 Thomasville |
| 42 | 1262 | Ryan Danbury | North Florida C.C. | Houston | ’07 Outer Banks |
| 42 | 1270 | Stephen Foster | Bellevue C.C. | Atlanta | ’08 Martinsville |
| 42 | 1274 | Tim Smith | Catawba College | New York (NL) | ’07 Outer Banks |
| 42 | 1275 | Brad Brach | Monmouth | San Diego | ’06 Petersburg |
| 42 | 1279 | Chandler Griffin | Central Arizona | Los Angeles (AL) | ’08 Florence |
| 43 | 1293 | Kody Eppley | Virginia Commonwealth | Texas | ’07 Wilmington |
| 43 | 1300 | Adam Bullard | Gardner-Webb | Atlanta | ’07 Spartanburg / ’08 Forest City |
| 44 | 1314 | Mike Williams | Francis Marion / Mount Olive | Pittsburgh | ’06 Asheboro / ’07 Martinsville |
| 44 | 1328 | Kaleb Herren | North Central Texas | Milwaukee | ’08 Gastonia |
| 44 | 1337 | David Cooper | Mount Olive | Arizona | ’06 Asheboro / ’07 Spartanburg |
| 45 | 1354 | Chris Taylor | Charlotte | St. Louis | ’07 Asheboro |
| 47 | 1412 | David Walters | Campbell / Francis Marion | Atlanta | ’07 Florence / ’08 Forest City |