The Coastal Plain League is excited to announce the 2024 All-CPL First and Second Teams. Each team features 30 players: one player per each infield position, six designated hitter/utility players, eight outfielders and 11 pitchers (a combination of starters and relievers). Teams were selected with input from CPL head coaches.
The teams are highlighted by CPL Hitter of the Year Lucas Carmichael (Martinsville Mustangs / William & Mary) and Pitcher of the Year Jack Decker (Morehead City Marlins / Saginaw Valley State) – both First Team selections. Additionally, five of the position players – Carmichael, Danny Estrada (Frostburg State), Grayson Fitzwater (VMI), Jack Kail (Columbia), and Zach Evans (Lenoir-Rhyne) – were also honored as Trackman Hitters of the Week during the season, while one pitcher – AJ Campbell (Barton College) – was named as Trackman Pitcher of the Week. Further, 40-of-the-60 All-CPL honorees were CPL All-Stars earlier this summer.
Also intriguing about this year’s All-CPL Teams is that of Peninsula’s two-way player Trey Morgan (VMI, picture courtesy of Ralph Wood & Jim Arend). Morgan, who grew up around the Pilots and started playing in the CPL as a rising freshman in 2019 was honored as both a First Team selection in the outfield and a Second Team honoree as a starting pitcher in 2024. Such recognition was a fitting end to quite the playing career for Morgan, as his accolades now include being selected as a member of the All-CPL Teams in three different seasons: 2021 (Second Team outfield), 2022 (First Team designated hitter/utility) and then twice (as an outfielder and starting pitcher) in 2024.
Overall and for the second consecutive season, the Peninsula Pilots led the league in total selections with 10. Morehead City followed with six, while Martinsville, Wilmington, and Wilson each had five honorees. Asheboro, Forest City, and Lexington County were next with four players apiece. Tallying three selections each were Boone, Florence, Greenville, Holly Springs, and Tri-City, while High Point-Thomasville and Macon closed with one each.
Below is the complete list for the All-CPL First and Second Teams:
FIRST TEAM
C – Cole Stanford (Peninsula / Lenoir-Rhyne)
1B – Grayson Fitzwater (Peninsula / VMI)
2B – Dylan Koontz (Forest City / Kentucky)
3B – Johnboy Rittenhouse (Martinsville / Univ. of the Cumberlands)
SS – Jevin Relaford (Peninsula / Florida Southern)
DH/UTL – Jaden James (Forest City / Mars Hill)
DH/UTL – Kaden Smith (HPThomasville / Charleston Southern)
DH/UTL – Zach Evans (Asheboro / Lenoir-Rhyne)
DH/UTL – Evan Bouldin (Tri-City / Delaware State)
DH/UTL – Cameron Benson (Boone / Missouri)
DH/UTL – Trenton Lyons (Holly Springs / NC State)
OF – Lucas Carmichael (Martinsville / William & Mary)
OF – Mackenzie Wainwright (Wilson / Salem)
OF – Trey Morgan (Peninsula / VMI)
OF- Jack Herring (Greenville / East Carolina)
OF – Owen Prince (Martinsville / VMI)
OF – Michael Dolberry (Tri-City / UNC Pembroke)
OF – Henry Garcia (Peninsula / Louisiana Monroe)
OF – Danny Estrada (Tri-City / Frostburg State)
SP – Reese Miller (Wilson / West Texas A&M)
SP – Travis Lavendier (Wilmington / Salem)
SP – AJ Campbell (Holly Springs / Barton College)
SP – Jonah Milchuck (Wilson / Central Michigan)
SP – Brian Ereu (Peninsula / Univ. of Science & Art Oklahoma)
RP – Jack Decker (Morehead City / Saginaw Valley State)
RP – Greyson Linderman (Wilmington / Mount Olive)
RP – Jackson Dannelley (Morehead City / Purdue)
RP – Kenny Leiner (Peninsula / Limestone)
RP – Thomas Paxton (Wilmington / Belmont Abbey)
RP – Ty Bothwell (Morehead City / Indiana)
SECOND TEAM
C – Chase Waddell (Wilson / Barton College)
1B – Nick Serce (Morehead City / American International)
2B – Jack Kail (Wilson / Columbia)
3B – Daniel Stephens (Holly Springs / Georgia Gwinnett)
SS – Cam Hassert (Wilmington / Loyola Marymount)
DH/UTL – Ashby Vining (Lexington County / Saint Peter’s)
DH/UTL – Trent Turner (Forest City / Western Carolina)
DH/UTL – Darnell Parker (Peninsula / Wichita State)
DH/UTL – Zach Cowart (Lexington County / Lander)
DH/UTL – Enrique Wood (Martinsville / North Carolina A&T
DH/UTL – Sherman Johnson (Macon / Dallas Baptist)
OF – Brandon Rogers (Boone / Arizona)
OF – Owen Blackledge (Asheboro / Lenoir-Rhyne)
OF – Aiden Howard (Greenville / San Diego)
OF – Thomas Powell (Lexington County / North Greenville)
OF – Joe Siervo (Greenville / Western Kentucky)
OF – Brayden Corn (Florence / Western Carolina)
OF – Jahlani Rogers (Boone / Missouri State)
OF – Jake Whitlinger (Florence / Lehigh)
SP – Jaxon Lloyd (Martinsville / VMI)
SP – Trey Morgan (Peninsula / VMI)
SP – Koen van ’t Klooster (Morehead City / Nichols State)
SP – Spencer Cipro (Wilmington / Belmont Abbey)
SP – John Jones (Forest City / Southeastern)
RP – Mason Manriquez (Asheboro / South Florida)
RP – Caden Plummer (Peninsula / VMI)
RP – Brandon Langley (Florence / Western Carolina)
RP – Danny Thompson (Asheboro / UNC Greensboro)
RP – Brandon Scheurer (Morehead City / Cincinnati)
RP – CJ Czerwiński (Lexington County / Gardner-Webb)
About Coastal Plain League:
The Coastal Plain League is the nation’s premier summer collegiate baseball league. The CPL is currently comprised of 15 franchises playing in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. To date, the CPL has had over 1,800 alumni drafted, and 194 alums make their Major League debut. Most notable alumni include Justin Verlander, Ryan Zimmerman, Mark Reynolds, Kevin Youkilis, Chris Taylor, Alec Bohm, Jake Cave, Chas McCormick and NFL Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson. 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 TikTok @CPLBaseball.
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