Texas Southern University senior Kamron Fields was selected in the 20th round with the No. 611th pick in the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on the third and final day of the draft. Field’s…
With his selection in today’s Major League Baseball Draft, North Carolina Central University senior pitcher Austin Vernon becomes the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball player taken in the 2021 MLB First-Year Player Draft. He was selected in…
Assistant baseball coach Oscar Espada announced he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head coaching position at Mississippi Valley State. Espada stated, “It was an honor to be involved in the process at Mississippi Valley State. It was…
The 2021 Major League Baseball Player Draft takes place on July 11–13, 2021, in Denver, Colorado. The draft is up to 20 rounds this year. Because of the COVID-19 world health crisis that ended the 2020 collegiate baseball season last…
The 2021 Major League Baseball draft is right around the corner beginning on July 11th. Obviously, we don’t know which HBCU ball players will get drafted or even how many will get drafted. We’ve had numerous changes since our last…
A new age in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) baseball has started. Both Bethune Cookmen and Florida A&M baseball programs have left behind the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and officially transitioned to the SWAC effective July 1st. The move represents a…
The Jackson State University baseball team finished the season receiving votes in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) national rankings for 2021, the publication announced on Thursday, July 1st. Jackson State received votes in nearly every week’s NCBWA…
Chris Crenshaw will get at least three more seasons to help Southern University baseball climb the ranks in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The university announced this past June 7th that Crenshaw was signed to a three-year contract with a one-year…
Southern University’s Director of Athletics and the school’s Board of Supervisors collectively voted to remove the interim tag after Chris Crenshaw led the baseball program to a second straight Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) championship and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA…
Pernell Roberts is a former Harris Stowe State baseball player and the Hornets interim head baseball coach since the 2021 mid-season firing of former head coach CJ Bilbrey. So, Roberts understands as well as anyone as a player and coach,…
