First 16 White Sox 2012 First-Year Player Draft Selections

CHICAGO – The following is a recap of the Chicago White Sox first 16 selections in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft:

Round  Name                       Pos.       Age   Ht.      Wt.      School (Hometown)                                       

    1      Courtney Hawkins        OF      18      6-3     220      Mary Carroll High School (Corpus Christi, Texas)

  1A      Keon Barnum               1B      19      6-4     230      King High School (Temple Terrace, Fla.)

    2      Chris Beck                 RHP      21      6-3     225      Georgia Southern University (Jefferson, Ga.)  

    3      Joey DeMichele           2B      21    5-11     190      Arizona State University (Phoenix, Ariz.)         

    4      Brandon Brennan       RHP      20      6-4     220      Orange Coast College (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)

    5      Nick Basto                   SS      18      6-2     200      Archbishop McCarthy High School (Davie, Fla.)

    6      Kyle Hansen              RHP      21      6-8     210      St. John’s University (Glen Cove, N.Y.)           

    7      Jose Barraza                  C      17      6-2     210      Sunnyside High School (Fresno, Calif.)          

    8      Zach Isler                  RHP      21      6-5     235      University of Cincinnati (Union, Ky.)

    9      Micah Johnson             2B      21      6-0     200      Indiana University (Indianapolis, Ind.)

   10      Brandon Hardin         RHP      22      6-1     200      Delta State University (Pinckneyville, Ill.)

   11      Eric Jaffe                  RHP      20      6-4     240      UCLA (Oakland, Calif.)

   12      Zach Stoner              C/1B      18      6-3     200      Boylan Catholic High School (Rockford, Ill.)    

   13      Derek Thompson        LHP      19      6-4     185      John A. Logan (Teutopolis, Ill.)

   14      Anthony Bucciferro    RHP      22      6-3     200      Michigan State University (Joliet, Ill.)

   15      Jordan Guerrero         LHP      18      6-3     165      Moorpark High School (Moorpark, Calif.)