The Coastal Plain League is excited to announce the 2020 All-CPL First and Second teams. Each team features 28 players: one player per each infield position, five designated hitter/utility players, six outfielders, six starting pitchers and six relief pitchers.

The team is highlighted by CPL Hitter of the Year Hogan Windish of HP-Thomasville, and Pitcher of the Year Ryan Cusick of HP-Thomasville. Joining them are a number of standout talents, 10 of which were at one point CPL Players of the Week. Those include Dusty Baker (Wilson, Week 1), Ryan Cusick (HP-Thomasville, Week 1), Hogan Windish (HP-Thomasville, Week 2 & Week 6), Ty Bothwell (Macon, Week 2), Brennan Milone (Lexington County, Week 3), Brett Kerry (Lexington County, Week 3), Mitch Myers (Wilson, Week 4), David Mendham (Savannah, Week 5), Jared Kirven (Lexington County, Week 7) and Braden Scott (Macon, Week 7.)

Also making the team were multiple category leaders: batting average (Hogan Windish, .447), runs batted in (Hogan Windish, 37), home runs (Brennan Milone, 9), slugging percentage (Hogan Windish, .862) on-base percentage (Damon Dues, .528), runs scored (Michael Turconi, 32), hits (Hogan Windish, 42), doubles (Hogan Windish, 13), triples (Hogan Windish, 4), batters struck out (Ryan Cusick, 40) and wins (Braden Scott, 4.)

Below is the complete list for both the First and Second Team All-CPL players, positions with multiple players are listed in alphabetical order by last name:

First Team

C – Rudy Maxwell – (HP-Thomasville / Duke)
1B – Wes Clarke – (Lexington County / South Carolina)
2B – Damon Dues – (Wilson / Wright State)
SS – Michael Turconi – (HP-Thomasville / Wake Forest)
3B – Brennan Milone – (Lexington County / South Carolina)
DH/UTL – Zack Gelof – (HP-Thomasville / Virginia)

DH/UTL – Gabe Howell – (Savannah / Georgia Gwinnett)
DH/UTL – Jared Kirven – (Lexington County / College of Charleston)

DH/UTL – Trey Sweeney – (Wilson / Eastern Illinois)
DH/UTL – Drew Yniesta – (Savannah / Erskine)

OF – Dusty Baker – (Wilson / Mount Olive)
OF – Jared Carr – (Wilson / Shepherd)

OF – Joe Simone – (Martinsville / Gardner-Webb)

OF – Luke Spiva – (HP-Thomasville / Catawba)
OF – Hogan Windish – (HP-Thomasville / UNC Greensboro)
OF – Luther Woullard – (Macon / New Orleans)

SP – Ty Bothwell – (Macon / Indiana)

SP – Ryan Cusick – (HP-Thomasville / Wake Forest)
SP – Cade Povich – (Savannah / Nebraska)

SP – Kyle Ruehlman – (Martinsville / Gardner-Webb)

SP – Matthew Siverling – (HP-Thomasville / Virginia Tech)
SP – Joshua South – (Savannah / Belmont)
RP – Will Abbott – (Lexington County / Mount Olive)
RP – K.J. Wells Jr. – (HP-Thomasville / Louisburg College)

RP – Jack Dragum – (Peninsula / Charlotte)
RP – Luke Zimmerman – (Peninsula / St. Joseph’s)
RP – Brody McCullough – (HP-Thomasville / Wingate)

RP – Nolan Daniel – (Savannah / Purdue)

Second Team

C – Robert Brooks – (Macon / Columbus State)
1B – Chris Meyers – (Wilson / Toledo)
2B – Brady Slavens – (Martinsville / Arkansas)
SS – Matt McDermott – (Lexington County / William & Mary)
3B – Cole Frederick – (Savannah / Jacksonville State)

DH/UTL – Jacob Boone – (Peninsula / Princeton)

DH/UTL – Matt Goodheart – (Martinsville / Arkansas)

DH/UTL – Josh Hood – (Macon / U Penn)
DH/UTL – David Mendham – (Savannah / South Carolina)
DH/UTL – Cassius Young – (Macon / Georgia College)

OF – Brady Allen – (Lexington County / South Carolina)

OF – Ben Anderson – (Savannah / Georgia)

OF – Christian Easley – (Martinsville / Maryland-Baltimore County)
OF – Jose Gonzalez – (Savannah / Texas State)
OF – Bill Knight – (Savannah / Mercer)

OF – Kier Meredith – (HP-Thomasville / Clemson)

SP – Brett Kerry – (Lexington County / South Carolina)

SP – RJ Petit – (Lexington County / Charleston Southern)

SP – Jose Martinez – (Martinsville / Saint Joseph’s)

SP – Mitch Myers – (Wilson / Pittsburgh)
SP – Shane Smith – (HP-Thomasville / Wake Forest)
SP – Brody Westbrooks – (Macon / Georgia Tech)

RP – Avery Cain – (HP-Thomasville / King University)

RP – Eli Ellington – (Savannah / Appalachian State)
RP – Will Lancaster – (HP-Thomasville / USC Upstate)

RP – Connor Manous – (Macon / Indiana)

RP – Jacob Pilarski – (Peninsula / Virginia Wesleyan)
RP – Braden Scott – (Macon / Indiana)

Teams were selected with input from all seven head coaches.

About Coastal Plain League:

The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. Celebrating its 24th season in 2020, the CPL features 15 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,600 alumni drafted and 136 alums – including 2017 ALCS MVP, 2017 World Series champion, 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander, as well as 2017 NLCS MVP Chris Taylor – make their Major League debut. 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 Snapchat @CPLBaseball.