The Coastal Plain League announced Tuesday that 79 players, both former and players signed for the 2012 season were selected during the 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Alex Yarbrough, a former Thomasville HiToms player in 2010, highlighted this year’s CPL draft class after hearing his name called in the fourth round, 147th overall to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. A total of 16 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year’s draft. With this year’s draft class, the CPL has now had over 1,000 alums taken in the draft since its inception in 1997, and has averaged at least 100 draftees a year over the last five years.
All of the CPL’s current 14 clubs had a player taken in the 2012 draft. The Peninsula Pilots and Thomasville HiToms led the way with each having 13 former and current players selected. Edenton was next with seven, while Florence and Morehead City each tallied six apiece. Fayetteville and Forest City each saw five alums taken, followed by four teams - Columbia, Gastonia, Wilmington and Wilson – each with four alums selected. Next were Asheboro, Martinsville and Petersburg with three apiece, while former franchise Outer Banks had two alums taken.
The complete list of CPL players – both former and players signed for the 2012 season – taken in this year’s draft is below:
| Round | Overall | Player | College/University | MLB Team Drafted By | CPL Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 147 | Alex Yarbrough | Mississippi | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘10 Thomasville |
| 5 | 163 | Ronnie Freeman | Kennesaw State | Arizona | ‘10 Florence |
| 6 | 203 | Joseph Wendle | West Chester | Cleveland | ‘11 Edenton |
| 7 | 242 | Marty Grant | College of Charleston | Tampa Bay | ‘09,‘10 Forest City |
| 8 | 254 | Michael Heesch | USC-Beaufort | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Gastonia |
| 8 | 259 | Kris Hall | Lee | Oakland | ‘11 Gastonia |
| 8 | 265 | Harrison Frawley | Coastal Carolina | Toronto | ‘09 Outer Banks |
| 8 | 277 | Taylor Dugas | Alabama | New York (AL) | ‘09 Thomasville |
| 9 | 299 | Steven Schils | Florida Tech | Atlanta | ‘12 Martinsville |
| 10 | 315 | Stephen Carmon | USC-Aiken | San Diego | ‘10 Florence/ ‘11 Thomasville |
| 10 | 316 | Pat Ludwig | Yale | Pittsburgh | ‘11 Columbia |
| 10 | 324 | Craig Manuel | Rice | Washington | ‘11 Forest City |
| 10 | 327 | Christopher O’Grady | George Mason | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘11 Wilmington |
| 10 | 330 | Jacob Wilson | Memphis | St. Louis | ‘10, ‘11 Asheboro |
| 10 | 336 | Casey Shiver | Southern Poly State | Texas | ‘11 Edenton |
| 11 | 346 | Chris Diaz | N.C. State | Pittsburgh | ‘11 Outer Banks |
| 11 | 347 | Matthew Milroy | Illinois | Miami | ‘10 Fayetteville |
| 12 | 369 | Terrell Joyce | Florida State College | Houston | ‘11 Peninsula |
| 13 | 399 | Brian Holmes | Wake Forest | Houston | ‘11 Thomasville |
| 13 | 419 | Nathan Hyatt | Appalachian State | Atlanta | ‘10 Forest City |
| 14 | 429 | Joe Sclafani | Dartmouth | Houston | ‘10, ‘11 Morehead City |
| 14 | 431 | Brock Herbert | Southeastern Louisiana | Seattle | ‘11 Thomasville |
| 14 | 438 | Shane Broyles | Texas Tech | Colorado | ‘10 Martinsville |
| 14 | 449 | Tyler Tewell | Appalachian State | Atlanta | ‘12 Thomasville |
| 15 | 472 | Bennet Klimesh | Trinity | Cincinnati | ‘10 Martinsville |
| 15 | 483 | Michael Forslund | Liberty | Arizona | ‘11 Columbia |
| 15 | 485 | Buck Farmer | Georgia Tech | Milwaukee | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 16 | 494 | Mike Hamann | Toledo | Chicago (NL) | ‘10 Thomasville |
| 16 | 503 | Cody Penny | North Carolina | Cleveland | ‘10 Thomasville |
| 16 | 515 | Adam Giacolone | Neosho County CC | Milwaukee | ‘11 Edenton |
| 17 | 547 | Timothy Flight | South New Hampshire | New York (AL) | ‘12 Edenton |
| 18 | 552 | Sam Kimmel | Stetson | Baltimore | ‘11 Morehead City |
| 18 | 575 | Hunter Adkins | Middle Tennessee State | Milwaukee | ‘11 Florence |
| 19 | 584 | Damek Tomscha | Iowa Western CC | Chicago (AL) | ‘11 Thomasville |
| 19 | 603 | RJ Hivley | Mississippi | Arizona | ‘10 Wilmington |
| 20 | 613 | Shane Halley | Virginia | Kansas City | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 20 | 616 | Kyle Haynes | Virginia Commonwealth | Pittsburgh Pirates | ‘11 Peninsula |
| 20 | 626 | Jharel Cotton | East Carolina | Los Angeles (NL) | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 21 | 641 | Scott DeCecco | USC-Upstate | Seattle | ‘12 Asheboro |
| 21 | 659 | Jeremy Fitsgerald | Tennessee Wesleyan | Atlanta | ‘11, ‘12 Martinsville |
| 21 | 661 | Jake Davies | Georgia Tech | Boston | ‘09 Peninsula |
| 22 | 698 | Jeb Stefan | Louisiana Tech | Philadelphia | ‘09 Thomasville |
| 23 | 700 | Travis Huber | Nebraska | Minnesota | ‘12 Edenton |
| 23 | 708 | Andrew Brown | Akron | Colorado | ‘10, ‘11 Forest City |
| 23 | 719 | Kevin McKague | U.S. Military Academy | Atlanta | ‘08 Fayetteville/‘10 Peninsula |
| 23 | 726 | Coby Cowgill | Virginia Military Institute | Texas | ‘10, 11 Peninsula |
| 24 | 741 | Eric Grabe | Tampa | Chicago (AL) | ‘09-‘11 Fayetteville |
| 25 | 759 | Ryan Dineen | Eastern Illinois | Houston | ‘12 Edenton |
| 26 | 796 | Jimmy Rider | Kent State | Pittsburgh | ‘09 Columbia/‘10, ‘11 Peninsula |
| 26 | 797 | Seth Grant | Appalachian State | Miami | ‘10 Gastonia |
| 26 | 807 | Tyler DeLoach | North Carolina | Los Angeles (AL) | ‘11, ‘12 Wilmington |
| 26 | 810 | Steven Sabatino | Notre Dame | St. Louis | ‘10 Florence |
| 27 | 819 | Tanner Mathis | Mississippi | Houston | ‘10, ‘11 Thomasville |
| 27 | 829 | Ryan Mathews | NC State | Oakland | ‘11 Wilson |
| 28 | 849 | Angel Ibanez | Texas-Pan American | Houston | ‘12 Asheboro |
| 28 | 850 | Carson Goldsmith | Northwestern State | Minnesota | ‘12 Columbia |
| 28 | 858 | Ryan Arrowood | Appalachian State | Colorado | ‘09, ‘10 Forest City |
| 28 | 868 | Joseph Rapp | Louisiana-Monroe | San Francisco | ‘10 Wilmington |
| 29 | 892 | Adam Mathews | South Carolina | Cincinnati | ‘11 Florence |
| 29 | 903 | Adam McConnell | Richmond | Arizona | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 30 | 928 | Michael Blanchard | Austin Peay | San Francisco | ‘10 Wilson |
| 31 | 945 | Matthew Shepherd | Tennessee Tech | San Diego | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 31 | 951 | Corey Thompson | East Carolina | Chicago (AL) | ‘11 Morehead City |
| 32 | 974 | Timothy Saunder | Marietta | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Edenton |
| 32 | 981 | Steven Nikorak | Temple | Chicago (AL) | ‘10, ‘11 Wilson |
| 32 | 985 | Jorge Saez | Lee | Toronto | ‘11 Petersburg |
| 33 | 1005 | Anthony Wieber | Michigan State | Sand Diego | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 33 | 1020 | Ronald Shaban | Virginia Tech | St. Louis | ‘09, ‘10 Petersburg |
| 34 | 1029 | Jordan Jankowski | Catawba | Houston | ‘09, ‘10 Thomasville |
| 34 | 1038 | Chris Cowell | Richmond | Colorado | ‘11 Peninsula |
| 34 | 1054 | Matt Davenport | William & Mary | Detroit | ‘10 Peninsula |
| 35 | 1074 | Corey Bafadis | Texas Wesleyan | Washington | ‘10 Florence |
| 36 | 1108 | Clint Terry | College of San Mateo | San Francisco | ‘12 Gastonia |
| 36 | 1111 | Miguel Rodriguez | UNC-Charlotte | Boston | ‘11 Petersburg |
| 38 | 1151 | Chipper Smith | Cumberland | Miami | ‘09 Fayetteville |
| 40 | 1214 | Jacob Rodgers | Mount Olive College | Chicago (NL) | ‘11 Thomasville |
| 40 | 1234 | Ryan Longstreth | Central Michigan | Detroit | ‘10 Fayetteville |