Povse Leads List of 87 CPL Alumni Drafted in 2014

June 12, 2014 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain) News Release


The Coastal Plain League announced Thursday that 87 players, both former and current, were selected during the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. This number is up from last year's draft which yielded 77 CPL alumni taken.

Max Povse, a former 2012 Asheboro Copperhead, was the first CPL alum to have his name called, going in the third round 102nd overall to the Atlanta Braves. Povse was followed by another Copperhead Brent Jones, who was drafted 120st overall to the Arizona Diamondbacks. A total of 17 CPL players were taken in the first 10 rounds of this year's draft.

All of the CPL's current 14 clubs had a player taken in the 2014 draft. The Asheboro Copperheads and Columbia Blowfish led the way with 12 former and current players selected each. Edenton and Morehead City were next with 11 each, followed by Florence, Forest City, and High Point-Thomasville with seven, while Wilson and Wilmington had six a piece. Martinsville followed with five alumni selected and Peninsula came in at four. Rounding out the field was Gastonia and Fayetteville with three followed by Petersburg with two players, and one player from Outer Banks who is no longer a part of the CPL.

The complete list of CPL players - both former and players signed for the 2014 season - taken in this year's draft is below:

Coastal Plain League Alumni Drafted In 2014 Major League Draft

Round Overall Player College/University MLB Team Drafted By CPL Team(s)

3 102 Max Povse UNC Greensboro Atlanta "˜12 Asheboro

4 120 Brent Jones Cornell Arizona Asheboro "˜13

5 150 Mason McCullough Arizona North Carolina "˜12 Forest City

6 195 Andrew Sohn Western Michigan St. Louis "˜14 Columbia

7 209 Bo Way Kennesaw State Los Angeles (AL) "˜13 Morehead City

8 236 J.B. Kole Villanova Milwaukee "˜14 Martinsville

8 239 Jake Yacinich Iowa Los Angeles (AL) "˜12 Petersburg

8 244 Jeff Gardner Louisville Washington "˜12 Florence

8 255 Nick Thompson William & Mary St. Louis "˜12 Peninsula/ "˜13, "˜14 Edenton

9 264 Ryan Metzler USC-Aiken Toronto "˜14 Florence

9 279 Matt Campbell Clemson Los Angeles (AL) "˜11, "˜13 Florence

9 280 Josh Laxer Ole Miss Detroit "˜12 Thomasville

9 283 Jordan Edgerton UNC Pembroke Atlanta "˜14 Gastonia

10 294 Jordan Romano Oral Roberts Toronto "˜14 Wilmington

10 309 Colin Hering Coastal Carolina Los Angeles (NL) "˜13 Asheboro

10 314 Cole Sturgeon Louisville Boston "˜11 Thomasville

10 315 Danny Diekroeger Stanford St. Louis "˜11 Morehead City

11 332 Matthew Borens Eastern Illinois New York (AL) "˜13 Wilson

11 342 Joel Seddon South Carolina Oakland "˜12 Columbia

11 345 Justin Bellinger Duke St. Louis "˜14 Wilmington

12 357 Seth Lucio Tennessee Tech San Diego "˜13 Wilmington

13 384 Gunnar Heidt College of Charleston Toronto "˜12 Forest City

13 389 Zach Houchins East Carolina Los Angeles (AL) "˜12 Wilson/ "˜13 Wilmington

14 412 Chase Harris New Mexico Philadelphia "˜13 Edenton

14 430 Josh Heddinger Georgia Tech Detroit "˜12, "˜13 Peninsula

16 472 Calvin Rayburn Barry Philadelphia "˜13 Morehead City

16 489 Devan Ahart Akron Los Angeles (NL) "˜13 Martinsville

16 490 Chase Rader Coffeyville CC Detroit "˜13 Fayetteville

17 497 Eric Fisher Arkansas Miami "˜11 Forest City

17 500 Mat Batts UNC Wilmington Minnesota "˜11 Wilmington

17 505 David Roseboom USC Upstate New York (NL) "˜12, "˜13 Asheboro

17 508 Caleb Smith USC Aiken Washington "˜13 Florence

17 522 Eric Cheray Missouri State Oakland "˜14 Forest City

18 527 Brad Haynal San Diego St. Miami "˜13 Morehead City

18 533 James Lomangino St. John's Colorado "˜12 Asheboro

18 554 Jordan Betts Duke Boston "˜11 Forest City

18 553 Jacob Webb Tabor Atlanta "˜14 Edenton

19 565 Bryce Beeler Memphis New York (NL) "˜2, "˜13 Gastonia

19 568 Richard Amion Alabama St. San Francisco "˜14 Martinsville

20 589 Alex Tomasovich Charleston Southern Chicago (NL) "˜12, "˜13 Asheboro

20 594 Aaron Attaway Western Carolina Toronto "˜12 Thomasville

20 597 Tyler Wilson Tennessee Wesleyan San Diego "˜13 High Point-Thomasville

20 599 Kyle Martin South Carolina Los Angeles (AL) "˜12 Florence/ "˜13 High Point-Thomasville

20 609 Brian Wolfe Washington Los Angeles (NL) "˜11 Asheboro

20 601 Zach Albin UConn-Avery Point Baltimore "˜14 Edenton

20 613 Wigberto Nevarez Lubbock Christian Atlanta "˜12 Edenton

21 631 John McLeod Wake Forest Baltimore "˜13 High Point-Thomasville

21 638 Bobby Ison Charleston Southern Cleveland "˜13 Asheboro

22 653 Sam Bumpers Lamar Tampa Bay "˜13 Edenton

22 670 Michael Thomas Kentucky Detroit "˜11 Outer Banks

22 646 Bryan Muniz Southeastern Houston "˜14 Columbia

22 673 Sean Godfrey Ball State Atlanta "˜13 Wilson

23 681 Patrick Peterson Temple/NC State Seattle "˜13 Edenton

23 682 Joel Fisher Michigan State Philadelphia "˜12 Florence

23 690 John Fidanza Georgia Gwinnett Arizona "˜11, "˜12/ "˜13 Wilmington

23 691 Zeke McGranahan Georgia Gwinnett Baltimore "˜12 Wilson

24 707 Ryan Cranmer Newberry Miami "˜12, "˜13 Morehead City

24 713 Jerry Vasto Felician Colorado "˜13 Morehead City

24 723 Brandon Thomas San Diego State Kansas City "˜14 Edenton

25 737 Christian McDonald UNC Wilmington Miami "˜11 Asheboro

25 765 Landon Beck Anderson St. Louis "˜14 Columbia

25 746 Christian Pelham Spartanburg Methodist Milwaukee "˜14 Columbia

26 782 Collin Slaybaugh Washington State New York (AL) "˜11 Martinsville

27 782 Alex Close Liberty Kansas City "˜12 Forest City/ "˜13 Peninsula

28 813 Billy Bereszniewicz Binghampton Los Angeles (NL) "˜13 Fayetteville

29 863 Logan Sawyer Lincoln Memorial Colorado "˜13 Petersburg

29 874 DJ Jauss Massachussetts Washington "˜10 Morehead City

29 876 Luke Tendler North Carolina A&T Texas "˜12, "˜13 Asheboro

29 882 Cody Stull Belmont Abbey Oakland "˜12 Gastonia

30 912 Derek Beasley USC Aiken Oakland "˜12 Columbia

31 923 Dylan Thompson UNC Greensboro Colorado "˜11, "˜12 Thomasville

31 926 Brock Hudgens UNC Charlotte Milwaukee "˜11 Edenton

31 941 Luis Paula North Carolina Pittsburgh "˜12 Forest City

31 943 Sal Giardina Lynn Atlanta "˜11, "˜12 Fayetteville

32 963 Timothy Hill Bacone College Kansas City "˜13 Florence

32 969 Scott Dejung Felician Los Angeles (NL) "˜14 Morehead City

33 984 Chas Wellbrock Houston Toronto "˜11 Morehead City

33 990 Tyler Bolton East Carolina Arizona "˜12 Wilson/ "˜13 Wilmington

33 997 Patrick Grady Lander Tampa Bay "˜13 Peninsula

34 1014 Brandon Hinkle Delaware Toronto "˜12 Martinsville

37 1101 Sam Lindquist Standford Seattle "˜11 Morehead City

37 1096 Eric Peterson Temple/NC State Houston "˜13 Edenton

38 1139 Tyler Watson Tennessee Wesleyan Los Angeles (AL) "˜14 Wilson

39 1157 Matt Pope Walters State Miami "˜13 Asheboro

39 1167 Ricky Negron Tallahassee CC San Diego "˜14 Morehead City

40 1194 Trent Miller Middle Tennessee State Toronto "˜13 Edenton



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