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.
Fifty-seven HBCU baseball players have been named to the Black College Nines’ Elite teams for the 2021 season. Additional recognition is given to our Player, Pitcher, Freshman and Coach of the Year, as well as to Sports Information Directors. We…
Post season conference champion and conference tournament qualifiers highlight this edition of the HBCU Baseball Weekend In Review… West Virginia State is its conference tournament champion after winning the Mountain East Conference tournament title, and will receive an automatic bid into…
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced the 2021 SWAC Baseball Tournament field, with Prairie View A&M and Jackson State heading into the postseason with respective number one seeds. Prairie View A&M (12-7 SWAC) clinched the Western Division championship. Grambling State…
Jackson State University, with its unanimous selection, continues to hold on to the No. 1 ranking for the seventh week in a row in Black College Nines’ 2021 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season baseball poll in the…
West Virginia State University will holds the No. 1 seed heading into the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Baseball Championship Tournament this Thursday through Sunday, May 13-16, at Epling Stadium in Beckley, West Virginia. The Yellow Jackets enter the tournament with a…
Alabama State scored 32 runs on Sunday, Jackson State remains undefeated at 24-0 in conference play and both Norfolk State and Florida A&M lead their respective conference divisions. HBCU Baseball Weekend In Review – Large School Division… Florida A&M baseball…
As the 2021 season winds down, a no-hitter, a 17 strikeout pitching performance highlight Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball – Week Fourteen… North Carolina Central University Junior Austin Vernon faced just one over the minimum as he tossed eight strikeouts…
Jackson State head baseball coach Omar Johnson notched his 13th season winning 30-plus ball games during the regular season this past May 8th, 2021. In his fifteenth season at JSU, Johnson has posted an overall 241-100 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)…
The HBCU All-Star Game, presented by Minority Baseball Prospects (MBP), will host its inaugural 2021 HBCU All-Star Game to showcase top-tier collegiate talent coming out of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The teams have been selected by current and…
After witnessing stiff competition and competitive high energy play on the field last week in the Black College World Series, Black College Nines now wants to look back at some of the best that the world series provided. Most Swag:…