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).
The 2024-2025 school year has either arrived or will be arriving soon at most colleges and universities around the country. New campuses await a number of those who previously have been recognized by Black College Nines on its “Elite” teams.…
Florida A&M again retains slight lead in Black College Nines’ eighth “large school” poll for the 2024 season. Heading into conference tournaments as the 2024 college baseball season winds down, Florida A&M still holds a slim lead over Bethune-Cookman in…
Florida A&M retains slight lead in the “large school” division while Bluefield State moves to the top in the “small school” division in Black College Nines’ seventh set of polls for the 2024 season. For the second straight poll session,…
2024 Black College “Small School” World Series Tournament Central Brought to you by Black College Nines The Particulars… When: May 8 – May 11, 2024 (May 12th rain date) Where: Riverwalk Stadium (home of the Tampa Bay Rays Double-A affiliate…
Florida A&M moves to the top in the “large school”division while Albany State continues to hold its lead in the “small school” division in Black College Nines’ sixth set of polls for the 2024 season. Jockeying for the top spot…
Later today, the Dillard University baseball team will travel a little over an hour northwest on I-10 from its campus in New Orleans to take on Southern University’s diamondmen of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. There was a day when the distance…
DALLAS – Michael Coker, founder and executive director of Black College Championships, founder of the Black College World Series, and lead contemporary reporter for Black College Nines website has been named to the board of directors of the National Collegiate…
Southern University at New Orleans, commonly referred to as “SUNO”, announced this past April that it was adding baseball to its athletics program for the 2023-2024 school year. Then, on July 1st, named Olen Parker as its head coach. The…
Recently, I took a moment to check in with my lead reporter at Black College Nines, Michael Coker, since our busy season of covering HBCU baseball was winding down and there were some serious matters I wanted to (but hated…
2023 Black College World Series champ Florida Memorial moves into first place in small school poll while Alabama State holds lead in large school baseball poll. Dillard University makes first ever appearance in top 10. For the fifth straight week,…