Jay Sokol is the founder of Black College Nines in 2009. Longtime researcher of college baseball and former general manager and lead recruiter of the Delaware (Ohio) Cows of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League – a summer collegiate wooden bat pro prospect developmental league. Previously Sokol served as the volunteer sports information director for baseball at Ohio Dominican College (now Ohio Dominican University) in the mid-1990s. He is a member of the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) and a founding member of the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association (HBCU-PSMA).
Four members of Black College Nines’ 2025 Large School First-Team “Elites”, including its Player of the Year, have been selected in the recently completed Major League Draft. The first one selected in the 2025 draft was BCN’s elite catcher, Broedy…
As announced on June 16th, the upcoming 2025 Major League Baseball All-Star Game weekend will open with its third annual HBCU Swingman Classic to be played in Atlanta, Georgia at Truist Stadium on Friday, July 11, 2025. The HBCU Swingman…
The 2025 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s 25th annual Division I All-America first, second and third teams were announced on June 11th and it includes both Juan Cruz of Alabama State University and Cardell Thibodeaux of Southern University on its…
Thirty-three HBCU baseball players have been named to the Black College Nines’ Large School Elite teams for the 2025 season. Additional recognition is given to our Player, Pitcher, Freshman, Coach and SID of the Year. First and second team selections…
This year, with a record number of HBCU “small schools” competing (37), Black College Nines is adding a third team of all-elites to this division. Forty-nine HBCU baseball players have been named to the Black College Nines’ Small School Elite…
The 2025 NAIA Baseball All-America Team was announced on June 4th and it includes first-teamer Miguel Oropeza of Talladega College holding down the first base position. Selections were made by the American Baseball Coaches Association and the NAIA Baseball Coaches…
The American Baseball Coaches Association in conjunction with the Rawlings Sporting Goods Company annually selects all-region teams and in the NCAA Division II classification, six student-athletes from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were honored on May 28, 2025. From…
Bethune-Cookman University and Talladega College claim Black College Nines 2025 Baseball Crowns. Bethune-Cookman University and Talladega College sit atop the final Black College Nines Historically Black College and University (HBCU) “large school” and “small school” top 10 polls of 2025…
Bethune-Cookman in the “large school” division and Talladega College in the “small school” division head Black College Nines’ eighth regular season top 10 polls of 2025. In the “large school” division, Bethune-Cookman University remains at the top for the fourth…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced its annual NCAA Division II All-Region teams on May 16th. Of the eight regional teams, four from HBCU schools represented the Atlantic Region and South Region. Nathan Paulsen from West Virginia State…