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.
A year after ending the 2016 season with the number one poll ranking, Alabama State University opens the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Black College Nines’ 2017 Large School Preseason Baseball Poll for the second year in a row…
Two former teammates ink contracts to play professional baseball in the Independent Pecos League. Right handed pitcher Zack Gonzalez and Catcher/Utility player Taylor Ellis signed
The 2016 Bulldogs baseball team added another player to the list of those who will continue their baseball career at the professional level in 2017. Elon Chamberlain, a 6-4 left-handed first basemen and designated hitter, signed a Spring Training contract…
From Columbia, South Carolina to Cortland, New York, the Cortland Crush would like to welcome Murrell Martin, Armando Valetin and David White, Jr. to our 2017 roster. All three players join us from Benedict College, a successful Division II program…
Former North Carolina A&T Aggie outfielder Luke Tendler, drafted out of N.C. A&T in 2014, had a breakout year in 2016 for the Texas Rangers top A minor league team. Led that league in numerous offensive categories. Tendler, a former…
The 2017 baseball season is right around the corner, two months away. At Lane College, head coach Stanley Stubbs is entering his first year at the program, in what has been a tremendous off season coaching-wise for the Dragons. However,…
Hawkins, Texas – It was announced that former Jarvis Christian College Bulldog, Angel Merced, signed with the San Francisco Giants baseball organization this morning. Merced signed as a free agent and will report to spring training in March 2017 as a…
Jackson, TN – On December 7, 2016 the Lane College baseball team participated in a community service event with RIFA (Reaching out, Lifting Up) food bank. The team collected and donated 49 pounds of food to help stock the food…
Former Winston Salem State University baseball player Jayson Baytop sign a Independent League professional contract with the Trinidad Triggers of the Pecos League. Baytop was one of the top players for the Rams last season, and among the top hitters…
The Trinidad Triggers have signed former Jarvis Christian College standout Javion Randle to a baseball contract for the upcoming 2017 season. Randle, 22 (6-2, 200lbs) recorded one of the most outstanding careers in the history of Bulldog baseball. The four-year…