DRAFT 2008
Club-By-Club Selections

Oct. 1, 2008

Signed players in boldface type
College commitment noted for unsigned players

Compiled by Allan Simpson allansimpson@nc.rr.com

CHICAGO WHITE SOX (Order of Rotation: 8)

Round Player Pos School 2009 School
1 Gordon Beckham SS University of Georgia
2 (Choice to Brewers)      
3 Brent Morel 3B Cal Poly  
4 Drew O'Neil RHP Penn State University  
5 Dan Hudson RHP Old Dominion University  
6 Kenny Williams Jr. OF Wichita State University  
7 Jordan Danks OF University of Texas
8 Kevin Dubler C Illinois State University  
9 Ryan Strauss RHP Florida State University  
10 Stephen Sauer RHP Arizona State University  
11 Charlie Leesman LHP Xavier University
12 Steven Upchurch RHP Faith Academy, Mobile, Ala.  
13 Dexter Carter RHP Old Dominion University  
14 Jorden Merry RHP University of Washington same
15 Tyler Kuhn SS West Virginia University  
16 Brett Basham C University of Mississippi same
17 Jonathan Weaver RHP East Leyden HS, Franklin Park, Ill. Heartland (Ill.) CC
18 Josh Billeaud RHP University of Southern Mississippi  
19 Justin Kuehn RHP Santa Clara University  
20 Justin Greene OF Francis Marion (S.C.) University  
21 Drew Garcia 2B UC Riverside  
22 Jose Vargas 3B Ventura (Calif.) JC  
23 Kyle Long LHP-1B St. Anne's Belfield School, Ivy, Va. Florida State
24 Brett Graffy RHP University of Notre Dame  
25 Taylor Thompson RHP Auburn University same
26 Jorge Castillo 1B Florida International University  
27 Doug Thennis 1B Texas Tech  
28 Brandon Short OF St. John's River (Fla.) CC  
29 Randall Thorpe OF Heritage HS, Grapevine, Texas Texas A&M
30 Kevin Asselin RHP Sonoma State (Calif.) University  
31 James McCann C Dos Pueblos HS, Santa Barbara, Calif. Arkansas
32 Justin Marrero 2B Reynoldsburg (Ohio) HS  Okaloosa-Walton (Fla.) JC
33 Eddie Young SS Christian HS, El Cajon, Calif. UC Riverside
34 Marcus Semien SS St. Mary's HS, El Cerrito, Calif. California
35 Harold Riggins 1B Normal West HS, Bloomington, Ill. North Carolina State
36 Jordan Keegan OF Silverado HS, Las Vegas, Nev. CC Southern Nevada
37 Terry Doyle RHP Boston College  
38 Steve Domecus C Moorpark (Calif.) JC Virginia Tech
39 Rusty Shellhorn LHP Central Valley HS, Liberty Lake, Wash. Washington State
40 Mark Hawkenson RHP Red Mountain HS, Mesa, Ariz. Arizona
41 Mason Radeke RHP Santa Barbara (Calif.) HS Cal Poly
42 Steve Sabatino LHP Lockport Township HS, Lockport, Ill. Notre Dame
43 Cory Farris C Boone County HS, Florence, Ky. Kentucky
44 C.J. Cron C Mountain Pointe HS, Phoenix Utah
45 Julian Kenner SS Whitney Young HS, Chicago Long Island
46 Lee Fischer SS University of Missouri  
47 Dan Hayden C Xavier University SENIOR
48 Ricardo Alvarez 2B San Fernando (Calif.) HS  
49 Travis Otto 1B Wheaton North HS, Wheaton, Ill. Illinois Wesleyan (golf)
50 Steve Florence SS Simeon Vocational HS, Chicago Grambling