Nationals Announce Draft Signings
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The Nationals announced today that they have signed 23 of their 40 selections in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, including 10 of the top 14. The complete Draft list is below, with signed selections in bold. For detailed scouting reports on the Nationals top 10 selections, click here.
| RD | PICK | PLAYER | POS | B/T | HT | WT | DOB | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 16 | Lucas Giolito | RHP | R/R | 6’6 | 230 | 7/14/94 | Harvard-Westlake HS (CA) |
| 2 | 80 | Tony Renda | 2B | R/R | 5’8 | 180 | 1/24/91 | University of California-Berkeley |
| 3 | 111 | Brett Mooneyham | LHP | L/L | 6’5 | 235 | 1/24/90 | Stanford University (CA) |
| 4 | 144 | Brandon Miller | OF | R/R | 6’2 | 215 | 10/8/89 | Samford University (AL) |
| 5 | 174 | Spencer Kieboom | C | R/R | 6’1 | 220 | 3/16/91 | Clemson University (SC) |
| 6 | 204 | Hayden Jennings | CF | L/L | 6’1 | 170 | 10/16/92 | Evangel Christian Academy (LA) |
| 7 | 234 | Robert Benincasa | RHP | R/R | 6’1 | 180 | 9/5/90 | Florida State University |
| 8 | 264 | Stephen Perez | SS | S/R | 5’11 | 175 | 12/16/90 | University of Miami (FL) |
| 9 | 294 | Derek Self | RHP | R/R | 6’3 | 205 | 1/14/90 | University of Louisville (KY) |
| 10 | 324 | Craig Manuel | C | L/R | 6’1 | 205 | 5/22/90 | Rice University (TX) |
| 11 | 354 | Brian Rauh | RHP | R/R | 6’2 | 200 | 7/23/91 | Chapman University (CA) |
| 12 | 384 | Carlos Lopez | 3B | R/R | 6’2 | 220 | 1/18/90 | Wake Forest University (NC) |
| 13 | 414 | Elliott Waterman | LHP | L/L | 6’5 | 230 | 11/24/90 | University of San Francisco |
| 14 | 444 | Jordan Poole | RF | R/R | 6’3 | 210 | 9/11/91 | Chipola Junior College (FL) |
| 15 | 474 | Brandon Smith | CF | R/R | 6’3 | 195 | 5/1/94 | Woodbridge HS (CA) |
| 16 | 504 | Ronald Pena | RHP | R/R | 6’4 | 210 | 9/19/91 | Palm Beach State College (FL) |
| 17 | 534 | Blake Schwartz | RHP | R/R | 6’3 | 200 | 10/9/89 | Oklahoma City University |
| 18 | 564 | David Fischer | RHP | R/R | 6’5 | 200 | 4/10/90 | University of Connecticut |
| 19 | 594 | Bryan Lippincott | 1B | L/R | 6’3 | 210 | 9/26/89 | Concordia University (MN) |
| 20 | 624 | James Brooks | SS | R/R | 6’1 | 185 | 10/12/88 | University of Utah |
| 21 | 654 | Austin Chubb | C | R/R | 6’1 | 220 | 4/17/89 | Florida Southern College |
| 22 | 684 | Will Hudgins | RHP | R/R | 6’4 | 200 | 2/12/90 | University of Notre Dame |
| 23 | 714 | Casey Selsor | OF | L/L | 6’1 | 190 | 2/23/90 | University of Texas-San Antonio |
| 24 | 744 | Kevin Dicharry | RHP | R/R | 6’4 | 200 | 11/27/89 | University of Texas |
| 25 | 774 | Freddy Avis | RHP | R/R | 6’2 | 195 | 11/3/93 | Menlo HS (CA) |
| 26 | 804 | Skye Bolt | CF | S/R | 6’1 | 170 | 1/15/94 | Holy Innocents Episcopal HS (GA) |
| 27 | 834 | Cody Poteet | RHP | R/R | 6’1 | 183 | 7/30/94 | Christian HS (CA) |
| 28 | 864 | Hunter Bailey | SS | R/R | 6’1 | 180 | 5/17/89 | Oklahoma State University |
| 29 | 894 | Leonard Hollins | RHP | R/R | 6’3 | 185 | 7/31/91 | Chipola Junior College (FL) |
| 30 | 924 | Robert Orlan | LHP | R/L | 6’1 | 200 | 9/28/90 | University of North Carolina |
| 31 | 954 | Michael Boyden | RHP | R/R | 6’1 | 180 | 6/18/90 | University of Maryland |
| 32 | 984 | Michael Mudron | LHP | L/L | 5’11 | 190 | 2/4/90 | California State San Bernardino |
| 33 | 1014 | Mike McQuillan | 2B | L/R | 5’11 | 175 | 10/2/89 | University of Iowa |
| 34 | 1044 | Jake Jefferies | 2B | S/R | 6’1 | 180 | 8/7/93 | Foothill HS (CA) |
| 35 | 1074 | Cory Bafidis | LHP | L/L | 6’1 | 190 | 8/22/90 | Texas Wesleyan University |
| 36 | 1104 | Max Ungar | C | R/R | 6’3 | 200 | 8/10/94 | Charles E. Smith Jewish School (MD) |
| 37 | 1134 | Tyler Watson | LHP | L/L | 5’11 | 160 | 6/9/93 | Georgetown HS (TX) |
| 38 | 1164 | Jared Messer | RHP | R/R | 5’11 | 185 | 7/14/91 | Malone College (OH) |
| 39 | 1194 | Mitchell Williams | C | L/R | 5’10 | 186 | 8/16/94 | Coosa HS (GA) |
| 40 | 1224 | Ricky Gutierrez | CF | R/R | 6’1 | 170 | 2/15/93 | American Senior HS (FL) |



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