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 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft will take place July 17–19, 2022 in Los Angeles. The draft will assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order will be set based on the reverse order of…
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings recently announced their selections for the 2022 NCAA Division II South Region Teams naming Savannah State outfielder Joseph Smith and Miles College catcher Jacob Bisharat to the region’s first and second teams.…
Benedict College’s Bradon O’Connor has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region Team. The NCAA Division II baseball stolen base champ stole third base in Benedict’s final game of the season against Savannah State this past April 30. The steal…
Norfolk State recently announced its baseball program’s academic athlete honor recipients. A total of 16 student-athletes achieved athlete honor roll accolades. To earn the honor, one must have at least a 3.00 GPA for the spring semester. 15 baseball student-athletes…
The Lane College Athletics Department has announced the hiring of legendary baseball coach Donny Crawford to lead the baseball program. Crawford turned Stillman College into a baseball powerhouse over the 11 years he manned the program. While at Stillman, Crawford…
Collegiate Baseball newspaper’s NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year, powered by Diamond, were announced this past Tuesday. Grambling State University pitcher Shemar Page was named to the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American Second Team. Page…
Alabama State and Edward Waters claim Black College Nines National Championships. After another fantastic season of HBCU baseball, Alabama State University in the “large school” division has been crowned Historically Black College and University National Champions by the polling committee…
Coppin State baseball team will play in the NCAA Tournament at the Greenville Regionals. The 2022 MEAC Champion will play the No. 8 national seed East Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Baseball Championship hosted by East Carolina…
Alabama State (34-23) received votes in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) poll. The Hornets are coming off winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championship after defeating Southern 6-5 in fourteen innings in the championship game. The Hornets…
The Alabama State University baseball team, for the second time in school history, will play a post season tournament in NCAA Regional competition. The Hornets (34-23) will be the #4 seed in the Knoxville Regional as they start tournament play…