The Coastal Plain League announced Thursday that 80 players, both former and current, were selected during the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Breckin Williams, a former 2013 Forest City Owl, was the first CPL alum to have his name called, going in the fourth round 106th overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Williams was followed by four more former CPL Players who would go in the forth round: Kyle Martin (Florence ‘12/ HP-Thomasville ‘13/ Columbia ‘14), Austin Allen (Martinsville ‘13), Carl Wise (Forest City ‘13) and Garrett Davila (Gastonia ‘15). A total of 13 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft, giving the CPL over 1,200 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997.
All of the CPL’s current 15 clubs, with exception of 2015 expansion franchise the Holly Springs Salamanders, had a player taken in the 2015 draft. Keeping in mind that Forest City shares Spartanburg’s history, Morehead City shares New Bern’s, and Lexington County shares Columbia, the following outlines the distribution of picks throughout the CPL. The High Point-Thomasville HiToms led the way with 10 former and current players selected. Close behind were Wilmington and Lexington County who both had nine players taken, while Edenton, Florence and Morehead City were next with seven players each. Six teams saw six alumni taken off the board: Asheboro, Fayetteville, Forest City, Gastonia, Peninsula and Wilson, with rounding out the field was Martinsville and Petersburg who each saw four former players come off the board.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2015 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
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4 | 106 | Breckin Williams | Missouri | Arizona | ‘13 Forest City |
4 | 114 | Kyle Martin | South Carolina | Philladelphia | ‘12 Florence/ ‘13 HP-Thomasville/ ‘14 Columbia |
4 | 117 | Austin Allen | San Diego | Florida Tech | ‘13 Martinsville |
4 | 122 | Carl Wise | College of Charleston | Toronto | ‘13 Forest City |
4 | 129 | Garrett Davila | South Point HS | Kansas City | ‘15 Gastonia |
5 | 165 | Jared Foster | Louisiana State | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘13 HP-Thomasville |
6 | 188 | JT Brubaker | Akron | Pittsburgh | ‘13 Wilson |
7 | 203 | Craig Brooks | Catawba | Chicago (NL) | ‘14 Asheboro |
9 | 278 | Jared Lyons | Liberty | Oakland | ‘13 Peninsula |
10 | 290 | Sean Miller | USC Aiken | Minnesota | ‘14 Columbia |
10 | 307 | Logan Sendelbach | Tiffin | Pittsburgh | ‘14 Petersburg |
10 | 308 | Steven Pallares | San Diego State | Oakland | ‘14 Forest City |
10 | 309 | Alex Luna | Alabama-Birmingham | Kansas City | ‘12, ‘13 Wilmington |
12 | 353 | P.J. Higgins | Old Dominion | Chicago (NL) | ‘14 Peninsula |
13 | 376 | Jason Morozowski | Mount Olive | Arizona | ‘15 Morehead City |
13 | 396 | Matt Pope | Walters State C.C. | San Francisco | ‘13 Asheboro |
14 | 406 | Luke Lowery | East Carolina | Arizona | ‘13 Wilson |
14 | 407 | Sam Thoele | Arkansas Little Rock | Colorado | ‘14 Gastonia |
14 | 413 | Austin Bossart | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | ‘13, ‘14 Asheboro |
14 | 422 | Ryan Hissey | William and Mary | Toronto | ‘14 Martinsville |
14 | 426 | Matt Winn | Virginia Military | San Francisco | ‘12, ‘13 Petersburg |
14 | 429 | Nick Dini | Wagner College | Kansas City | ‘13 Petersburg/ ‘14 HP-Thomasville |
15 | 444 | Dylan Bosheers | Tennessee Tech | San Diego | ‘13 Wilmington |
16 | 471 | Marc Brakman | Stanford | Boston | ‘13 Morehead City |
16 | 491 | Max Almonte | Villanova | Saint Louis | ‘11 Peninsula |
17 | 496 | Austin Mason | Citadel | Arizona | ‘15 Fayetteville |
17 | 513 | Brody Koerner | Clemson | New York (AL) | ‘13, ‘14 HP-Thomasville |
18 | 536 | Kyle Keller | Southeastern Louisiana | Miami | ‘12 HP-Thomasville |
18 | 548 | Brett Sunde | Western Michigan | Oakland | ‘15 Lexington County |
18 | 550 | Joey Havrilak | Akron | Detroit | ‘14 HP-Thomasville |
19 | 566 | Curt Britt | NC State | Miami | ‘13 Columbia |
19 | 585 | Aaron Cox | Gannon | Los Angeles | ‘15 Edenton |
20 | 593 | Blake Headley | Nebraska | Chicago (NL) | ‘14 Edenton |
20 | 596 | Korey Dunbar | North Carolina | Miami | ‘13 Wilson |
20 | 597 | Phil Maton | Louisiana Tech | San Diego | ‘14 HP-Thomasville |
20 | 601 | David Lucroy | East Carolina | Milwaukee | ‘12 Morehead City |
20 | 602 | Tyler Burden | Chowan | Toronto | ‘14 Morehead City |
20 | 613 | Adam Walton | Illinois | Baltimore | ‘13 Fayetteville |
21 | 623 | Jared Cheek | Georgia | Chicago (NL) | ‘13,‘14 Gastonia |
21 | 627 | Nick Monroe | UNC Wilmington | San Diego | ‘13 Wilson |
21 | 630 | Kurt Hoekstra | Western Michigan | Atlanta | ‘12, ‘15 Lexington County |
21 | 631 | Jon Olczak | NC State | Milwaukee | ‘13 Lexington County/ ‘14 Wilmington |
21 | 632 | Taylor Saucedo | Tennessee Weslyan | Toronto | ‘13 Martinsville |
21 | 633 | Josh Roeder | Nebraska | New York (AL) | ‘14 Edenton |
21 | 638 | Andrew Tomasovich | Charleston Southern | Oakland | ‘13 Asheboro |
22 | 647 | Eric Toole | Iowa | Colorado | ‘12 Petersburg |
22 | 659 | Nick Blackburn | Illinois | New York (NL) | ‘13 Fayetteville |
22 | 671 | Hunter Newman | Trevecca Nazarene | St. Louis | ‘15 Edenton |
23 | 677 | Steven Leonard | Campbell | Colorado | ‘14 Gastonia |
23 | 680 | Alex Perez | Virginia Tech | Cincinatti | ‘13 Wilmington |
23 | 646 | Kyri Washington | Longwood | Boston | ‘15 Florence |
23 | 702 | Andrew Istler | Duke | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘12 Wilson |
24 | 713 | Sutton Whiting | Louisville | Chicago (NL) | ‘13 HP-Thomasville |
24 | 728 | Heath Bowers | Campbell | Oakland | ‘13 Gastonia |
26 | 767 | Drasen Johnson | Illinois | Colorado | ‘12 Fayettville |
26 | 777 | Kodie Tidwell | Louisiana Monroe | San Diego | ‘15 Morehead City |
26 | 789 | Alex Close | Liberty | Kansas City | ‘12 Forest City, ‘13, ‘14 Peninsula |
27 | 817 | Ryan Nagle | Illinois | Pittsburgh | ‘13 Fayetteville |
28 | 836 | Jeff Kinley | Michigan State | Miami | ‘12 Columbia |
28 | 839 | Anthony Dimino | Belmont Abbey | New York (NL) | ‘15 Gastonia |
29 | 867 | Tyler Moore | USC Aiken | Philadelphia | ‘15 Florence |
29 | 873 | Kane Sweeney | Morehead State | New York (AL) | ‘14 Florence |
30 | 894 | Kyle Nowlin | Eastern Kentucky | Philadelphia | ‘14 Martinsville/ ‘15 Wilmington |
31 | 935 | Logan James | Stanford | Seattle | ‘13 Morehead City |
31 | 943 | Will Shepley | UNC Wilmington | Baltimore | ‘13, ‘14 Wilmington |
33 | 978 | Christian Pelham | Spartanburg Methodist | Texas | ‘14 Columbia/ ‘15 Lexington County |
33 | 1002 | Adam Bray | South Dakota State | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘13 Edenton |
34 | 1016 | Brandon Rawe | Morehead State | Miami | ‘13 Wilmington/ ‘14 Florence |
34 | 1022 | Hunter Barnett | Mount Olive | Toronto | ‘13 HP-Thomasville/ ‘14, ‘15 Fayetteville |
34 | 1029 | Taylor Ostrich | Old Dominion | Kansas City | ‘13, ‘14 Peninsula |
35 | 1044 | Andrew Amaro | Tampa | Philadelphia | ‘12 Peninsula/ ‘13 Wilmington/ ‘14 Morehead City |
35 | 1047 | Nathan Foriest | Middle Tennessee State | San Diego | ‘12 Asheboro/ ‘13 Florence |
35 | 1055 | Gianni Zayas | Florida International | Seattle | ‘14 Wilmington |
36 | 1076 | Gunnar Kines | Mount Olive | Miami | ‘13 Florence/ ‘14 Edenton |
36 | 1084 | Ryan Colgate | Ohio Dominican | Cleveland | ‘15 HP-Thomasville |
38 | 1151 | Orlando Olivera | Missouri Baptist | St. Louis | ‘14 Edenton |
40 | 1186 | Tucker Ward | University of Mobile (AL) | Arizona | ‘11 Morehead City |
40 | 1190 | Max Cordy | UC Davis | Minnesota | ‘14, ‘15 Forest City |
40 | 1203 | Will Albertson | Catawba | New York (AL) | ‘14, ‘15 Asheboro |
40 | 1211 | Joey Hawkins | Missouri State | St. Louis | ‘12 Wilson/ ‘14 Forest City |