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.
Lincoln University baseball picked up its first two wins of the season, sweeping a doubleheader from Virginia State. The Lions won game one 7-6 then claimed the sweep in the finale 9-4. West Virginia State Baseball opened its 2022 season…
A four-run nineth inning turned a 5-4 disadvantage into a Florida Memorial advantage, earning an 8-5 victory over Warner University in Lake Wales, Florida. Warner has received votes in the NAIA Top 25 Coaches poll. Two Florida Memorial players,…
This past July a ribbon cutting ceremony took place in the neighborhood near the city of Atlanta for two new baseball fields. The fields where part of a renovation project from Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves Foundation Legacy…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) named 66 players to the initial Watch List for the 17th Annual Stopper of the Year Award, which is given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball. Two HBCU Baseball…
Baseball returns for the 2022 HBCU collegiate season for the MEAC and SWAC programs. It’s a new season and hopes are high in both conferences. There is plenty to watch this season for large school HBCUs. The HBCU baseball large…
Black College Nines looks at HBCU baseball’s top freshmen for 2022. Our analysis, in addition to head coaches’ input and national recruiting played an interesting part in nominating the incoming and red shirt freshmen we considered. First year recruits who…
Black College Nines (BCN) predicts the large school order of finish for the 2022 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) baseball season. We examine both the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) reviewing what teams need to…
Savannah State’s baseball team swept a three-game series from Salem University scoring 25 total runs during its mid-week and weekend action. The Tigers won a doubleheader, 12-2 and 10-4, to open the series then took a thrilling 3-2 win to…
Below are HBCU players to keep an eye out for in the 2022 season. They all have the potential to be game changing, top breakout candidates to watch during the season. Black College Nines provides the scoop on which pitchers…
Gerald Williams, the former Major League Baseball player whose career began after a standout tenure at Grambling State, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 55. Derek Jeter, his former teammate with the New York Yankees and a…