Author: Jay Sokol

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).

Tougaloo College – 2026 Baseball Season Preview

Tougaloo College (Bulldogs) HBCU Athletic Conference (NAIA) 2025 Overall Record: 14-32 2025 Conference Record: 9-20 Earl Sanders, Head Coach Returning Starting Position Players 3B Robert Powe OF Grant Carmichael OF Travarez Thomas Other Top Returning Position Players None Top Returning…

Voorhees University – 2026 Baseball Season Preview

Voorhees University (Tigers) HBCU Athletic Conference (NAIA) 2025 Overall Record: 24-21 2025 Conference Record: 19-11 Bruce Martin Jr., Head Coach Returning Starting Position Players 2B Kawan Ellerbe-James Jr. SS Jaiden Godette OF Yojairon Juan Top Returning Starting Pitching None Top Returning…

Dillard University – 2026 Baseball Season Preview

Dillard University (Bleu Devils) HBCU Athletic Conference (NAIA) 2025 Overall Record: 26-23 2025 Conference Record: 19-11 Kerby Marshall, Head Coach Returning Starting Position Players C  Gustavo Torrealba Other Top Returning Position Players 2B K’Wality Williams Top Returning Starting Pitching Dontre…