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.
The Albany State Golden Rams ballclub has an extensive amount of firepower this year, which has carried over from last season, in my opinion. When you take into account the amount of returners and head coach Scot Hemming’s best recruiting…
Virginia State baseball is receiving votes in the latest edition of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Top 10 Atlantic Region Poll as released on Wednesday March 22. This is just the second time the Trojans have received votes in…
Black College Nines continues its season long coverage highlighting Who’s Hot in HBCU Baseball… Bethune Cookman University Nolan Santos, making his second appearance this season in “Who’s Hot” in HBCU Baseball. On the hill in Bethune Cookman 5-4 win over…
Both Albany State and Savannah State baseball teams continue to be recognized in the latest NCAA Division II Regional Poll released by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on March 15, 2023. Albany State moved up to the…
Black College Nines continues it’s season long coverage highlighting Who’s Hot in HBCU Baseball… Alabama State University Omar Melendez (3-0) tossed his second straight complete game posting ten strikeouts while only allowing five hits in seven innings in ASU’s 11-0…
Black College Nines podcast with Paine College head baseball coach Melvin Le’Kerby Marshall (Kerby). Marshall came to the Lions baseball program from Edward Waters University, in Jacksonville, FL where he was head coach for six years and won his first…
The inaugural Florida Memorial University Spring Break HBCU Baseball Classic will be played this weekend, hosted by FMU on the beautiful campus of Florida Memorial in Miami Gardens, FL. Florida Memorial University, Voorhees University, and Paine College will take the…
Three Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) baseball teams are listed as being ranked and receiving votes in the Top 10 South Region Poll of the NCAA DII National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released Wednesday. The list includes Albany State,…
Jackson State and Albany State top the first “large school” and “small school”baseball polls of 2023. Jackson State University tops the first edition of our Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season Top 10 baseball poll in the large…
Albany State is one of the hottest HBCU teams in college baseball as they currently own a ten-game winning streak. With an 11-2 overall record and a 9-0 start in conference play, the Golden Rams are clicking on all cylinders…