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.
Grambling State junior infielder Rafael Ramirez was one of 30 players named to the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award 2019 Watch List in an announcement made on February 11th. A San Anotnio, Texas native who is a scholar student athlete…
After a record setting 2018 campaign for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), hopes are high in both conference races in 2019. Last years’ finishes for each team is out the window. The college baseball preseason…
Coppin State Baseball right-hander Corey Treyes has been named to the 2019 Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List, as announced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Treyes is one of 75 relievers named to the list for…
Four pitchers dominated this past weekend action as Black College Nines (BCN) continues its season long coverage of Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball. Week three… Winston Salem State University opened its 2019 season with a three game series sweep of Limestone…
Texas College swept a doubleheader with Tabor College Friday to complete the two game series between the two teams. The Steers won the opener 5-3 and the nightcap 11-7. The win was a team effort in game one defeating the…
When the Bethune Cookman University Athletic Department hired Jonathan Hernandez as its head baseball coach, eyebrows were raised by his lack of experience at the college level some would say. But when Hernandez joined Bethune-Cookman, he had already spent the…
North Carolina A&T State University baseball team received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) 2019 Preseason NCAA Division I Poll. N.C. A&T was among 63 of the nation’s top rank teams receiving votes in the annual poll.…
This week in HBCU baseball there was some dominate pitching, but as well, a ton of balls left the yard during this past weekend’s action as Black College Nines (BCN) continues its season long coverage of Who’s Hot In HBCU…
Rust College opened the season on the road Friday, February 1st in Atlanta, Georgia taking on Clark Atlanta University in a non-conference season opener for both programs. The two teams split a scheduled twin bill with Rust Bearcats taking the…
Tuskegee University head coach Reginald Hollins has announced former Miles College standout Xavius Burden will be joining the Golden Tigers coaching staff for the 2019 season. After the 2018 season, Burden expressed to coach Hollins that he had interest in…