Michael Coker is a collegiate baseball writer and lead contemporary news reporter for Black College Nines. He is a member and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), a member of the Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, founding member of the HBCU-Pro Sports Media Association (HBCU-PSMA), Founder and Executive Director of the Black College Championships LLC and HBCU baseball Black College World Series. Previously reported for blackcollegebaseball.com. Coker is a voter for the NCBWA NCAA Division I baseball Top 30 poll and Black College Nines’ HBCU baseball polls. Has twenty years of covering collegiate baseball. Played baseball three years under coach Jeffery Lee Jr. at Edward Waters University. Attended Oakton College, Wilberforce University and is a proud graduate of Edward Waters College in 1990 and University of Miami School of Law. Will complete Masters of Law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Coker is also a political contributor, consultant and conservative blogger. Founder of Secondopinionpundits – Political Web Magazine.
Albany State makes its first ranking appearance of the season in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) South Region NCAA Division II Top 10 Poll released this week. The Golden Rams started the season 16-7 overall and 13-2 in…
North Carolina A&T in the “large school” division and Albany State in the “small school” division each eke out first place by a single vote in Black College Nines’ second set of polls of the 2024 season. There were no…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Black College Championships announced the Black College World Series (BCWS) will return in its fourth installment in 2024 to Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala. – home to the Montgomery Biscuits, the Double-A affiliate of the Tampa…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced its weekly NCAA Division I Top 25 Baseball Poll of nationally ranked baseball programs on Monday, March 18th. Jackson State (15-4) and North Carolina A&T (14-5) continue receiving votes for the third…
Pitching gems, strikeout artists and upsets of nationally ranked teams highlight HBCU Baseball Black College Nines “Who’s Hot” week seven. Florida Memorial University The Lions relief pitching shut down the nation’s NAIA No. 12 ranked Kaiser Seahawks winning three out…
For the second day in a row, Talladega College has defeated a nationally ranked team. The Tornadoes defeated NAIA’s No. 15 ranked Loyola University (La.) 5-4 Sunday afternoon. On a day that started pretty chalky, Loyola started the game in…
Coming off last weekend’s four game sweep, Florida Memorial responded by winning three of four games over the NAIA’s No. 12 ranked Keiser University this weekend. The Lions took control of the series two games to one heading into the…
Saturday offered a showdown between ranked teams in this weekend’s biggest upset of the day. HBCU Baseball No. 4 ranked Talladega defeated NAIA No. 2 Georgia Gwinnett 4-3. The Tornadoes got a quality start from Jose Franco (W, 5-1). Franco,…
The Florida Memorial Lions came into Thursday’s game against Keiser University, the No. 12 ranked baseball team in the country in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll. That may not be the case after an unreal upset absolutely shocked the…
The Savannah State University Tigers baseball team fell two spots from No. 8 to No. 10 in this week’s latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division II South Region Poll that was released early Wednesday afternoon March 13. The…