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.
Freshmen drastically influence collegiate baseball year in and year out. Judging by history, a freshman will find a way to factor into his team’s wins and losses each week during the regular season. We’re only one week into the 2016…
Black College Nines (BCN) is pleased to announce its regular season top ten poll dates for the 2016 college baseball season which will ultimately determine our Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball champions. The Black College Nines’ poll will…
Week three of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season is now in the books. So, let’s take another look at which teams are making some chatter so far during the 2016 season and which teams are off…
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on HBCU Large School Baseball Opening Weekend
The start of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball 2016 season for the large school Division is within reach, now that February 19th has almost arrived. As always, the regular season will be tough to sort out. There…
Head Coach Jason Beverlin had done a good job of continuing the winning tradition of Bethune-Cookman University since assuming the reigns in 2012 of one of the winningest HBCU NCAA Division One programs over the last 15 years. The only…
Now into week three of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season, once again, let’s take another look at which teams are making some noise during the early stages of the 2016 season and which teams that have gottren…
What’s better than having a big run producer in your lineup? How about three. As a coach, it’s great to have multiple ball players who can mash the ball day in and day out sending teammates home with clutch hits…
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on HBCU 2016 Baseball Weekend Preview Conference and Non-Conference Games: February 12-14
As a rule of thumb, home games are huge in Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball and that’s true whether it’s a non-conference or a conference match-up. That said, scheduling a mid-week non-conference opponent helps strengthen schedules and builds…
by Michael Coker • • Comments Off on Who’s Hot, Who’s Not In HBCU Baseball
Two weeks into the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season, let’s take a look at which teams have started the 2016 season on a hot streak and which teams that have started slow. After giving up 5 runs…
Southern University’s Jose De La Torre, one of HBCU baseball’s top all-around fielding and hitting catchers, has become great at handling the team’s pitching staff, throwing out would be base stealers and is a definite power hitting threat. Offensively, he hit .278…