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.
HBCU Baseball freshmen are off to hot starts into the 2022 season. This year’s crop has impacted their team wins this season. Black College Nines highlights “top incoming freshmen to look out for” before the start of each season. Now…
Albany State Golden Rams, on a nine game winning streak, swept the Morehouse Tigers in a 3-game series. The Golden Rams improved to 21-7 (20-3 in the SIAC). West Virginia State split its doubleheader falling in the opening contest 3-2…
The Delaware State baseball team split a pair of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) games with the Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) over the weekend. Florida A&M completed a three game series sweep of Bethune-Cookman over the…
Black College Nines provides another edition of Who’s Hot in HBCU baseball with pitching gems and strikeout artists. Coppin State University Starter Jordan Hamburg threw a complete game shutout blanking Norfolk State 2-0. Hamburg allowed five hits, no runs while…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has released its weekly NCAA Division II Regional polls. Savannah State continues to garner votes this week moving up in the latest South Region DII Top 10 released Wednesday April 6. In the…
Alabama State and Savannah State retain top spot in this week’s polls. Alabama State University retains the No. 1 ranking in Black College Nines (BCN) Top 10 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season baseball poll announced on April…
Delaware State defeated Norfolk State 12-5 on Sunday and took three of four games from the Spartans in a weekend series. University of Maryland Eastern Shore was defeated by Coppin State, 6-4, in Sunday’s series finale and was forced to…
Xavier University of Louisiana’s Gold Rush scored 73 runs in the three-game series beating Texas College 39-0 on Friday, 10-0 and 24-3 in Saturday’s doubleheader to complete a three-game Red River Athletic Conference baseball sweep. After winning the opening series…
Power at the plate, a three-game sweep, winning three of four conference games, and nearing a stolen base record highlight this edition of Black College Nines’ Who’s Hot in HBCU Baseball weekend action. Benedict College Bradon O’Connor added to…
Pompano Beach, FL – Black College Championships (BCC) Executive Board has appointed Minority Baseball Prospects’ Jerrel Calhoun as selection committee chair for the 2022 Black College World Series, it was announced this week. The board also named the new members…