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.
Talladega understands it must prove it can beat quality teams on the road to get back into consideration for the NAIA National Tournament. The Tornados took a step in that direction by winning at Reinhardt University posting another victory over…
Bluefield State ended its three game losing streak with a walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning to win on Monday by the score of 4-3 versus the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Alfredo Carrion, who was…
With the start of the season officially in the books for all Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball programs, Black College Nines (BCN) takes a look at which players are making some chatter so far during the 2022 season.…
The Mississippi Valley State University baseball program, for the first time in more than two years, put up a “W” winning a doubleheader 15-3 and 16-8 marking the first win since defeating Alcorn on April 26, 2019. Mississippi Valley is…
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…