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 two-way player is integral to college baseball, and the 15 standouts named Thursday as semifinalists for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, represent the best dual role players in the nation. The semifinalists include players who…
Bethune-Cookman in the large school division retains top spots for fourth straight poll while Talladega College knocks Albany State off the top in the small school division in Black College Nines’ top 10 polls of 2026. Defending large school champion…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (in its 29th year of polling) continues to recognize Bethune-Cookman University’s baseball program as one receiving votes in its most recent poll of April 13th. The Wildcats, in a three way battle for first…
This weekend former Grambling State University baseball great, Ralph Garr, gets the well deserved honor of having his jersey retired and it will be during a home stand against Southern University, the Tigers biggest baseball rival. Black College Nines has…
Bethune-Cookman in the large school division and Albany State in the small school division retain top spots for third straight poll in Black College Nines’ top 10 polls of 2026. Defending large school champion Bethune-Cookman University tops the rankings in…
Bethune-Cookman in the large school division and Albany State in the small school division retain top spots in Black College Nines’ second top 10 polls of 2026. Defending large school champion Bethune-Cookman University tops the rankings in the second edition…
The College Baseball Foundation, established in 2004, announced its weekly awards Tuesday afternoon and has named Thomas Ealey of Norfolk State University as its John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week. Ealey was instrumental in helping lead Norfolk State to…
Bethune-Cookman in the “large school” division and Albany State in the “small school” division head Black College Nines’ first regular season top 10 polls of 2026. Bethune-Cookman University tops the rankings in the first edition of the Black College Nines…
The College Baseball Foundation, established in 2004 and originator of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, recently announced its initial watch list for one of the six awards it annually presents, the Pitcher of the Year (honoring the best pitcher…
The College Baseball Foundation, established in 2004 and originator of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, recently announced its initial watch list for two of the six awards it annually presents, the John Olerud Two Way Player of the Year…