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.
The West Virginia State University baseball team split a twinbill with Slippery Rock (Pa.) at Critchfield Park on Saturday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets won the first game, 9-5, before being held at bay in the second, 8-5. Postgame Records WVSU:…
Miles baseball team got back on the winning track on Saturday, taking a pair of games from Stillman. The Golden Bears (3-4) took the opener 11-10 before rolling to a 16-2 win in the nightcap. GAME 1 – Miles 11,…
Virginia State University is ranked third among small HBCU schools according to the Black College Nines 2021 Pre-Season Top Ten Poll. VSU will open the 2021 season this Saturday with a three-game series consisting of a double-header on Saturday afternoon…
The Kentucky State Baseball team swept Alice Lloyd 8-3 and 9-2 in Friday’s doubleheader. A pair of Thorobreds earned home runs in today’s doubleheader home opener, Sophomore Collier Higgs and Junior Jace Wilson. The Thorobreds secured 17 hits and 17 runs to…
Playing on the road for the second time this spring, the HBCU Baseball No. 1 Lane College baseball team recorded a 8-3 victory in the nightcap to split Friday’s doubleheader at Crowley Ridge College. The Pioneers (5-5) captured the opener…
The North Carolina A&T picked up a big road win against The Citadel, 7-6, in an 11-inning shootout on Friday evening at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in non-conference baseball. With the game knotted at 6 in the top of…
A full schedule of non-conference baseball games are on tap this weekend in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) on March 5-7. There will be some exciting matchups on the diamond. Upsets are just waiting to happen. A perfect example is…
Albany State (5-2) has received votes in the NCBWA Division II South Region national rankings released by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Wednesday March 3rd. The Rams, who scheduled a mid-week game at Flagler College in St.…
This weekend, Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball teams will be in action with scheduled games giving fans a peek at how the season may shake out. After the 2020 season was unexpectedly cut short because of the COVID-19…
Xavier University of Louisiana baseball started the season last week and went 1-1 against Bryant & Stratton College-Albany. After a 61 year hiatus, the Gold Rush welcomed back baseball splitting a season-opening doubleheader. The historic event was played at Wesley…