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 North Carolina Central baseball team was preparing to resume play after a long offseason of 11 months due to the pandemic health crisis Covid-19. Then, just a week before opening the 2021 campaign, the baseball program was hit with…
North Carolina Central University picked up a big win over Army on opening day, as a grand slam from Nick Fajardo (Durham, N.C.) helped push the Eagles to a 9-4 win over the Black Knights on Friday, Feb. 19 at the…
The Florida A&M baseball team travels to Deland, Fla. for an opening weekend series against Stetson that begins on Friday. Rattlers head coach Jamey Shoppe begins his eighth season in the program and has compiled a 164-172 overall record and…
On Friday, February 19th, The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) named 45 players to the initial Watch List for the 16th Annual Stopper of the Year Award, which is given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I…
This week has been filled with postponements and cancellations for HBCU baseball programs due to the severe winter weather slamming a majority of the country. Tougaloo College had its games against Marian University postponed twice. Many teams are now going…
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has released its Week 1 edition of the NCBWA Division II Top 25 Poll and Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball program Lane College have garnered votes this week. The South Region lists…
The Andrew Dawson Classic baseball tournament sponsored by Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that the scheduled event in New Orleans, Louisiana from Friday, February 19 through Sunday, February 21, has been cancelled. A large winter storm dropped heavy snow across…
NCAA Division I baseball’s opening weekend is scheduled for February 19, 2021 and this includes HBCU programs in both the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Featured games this weekend will be played in the annual…
The Atlanta Braves are hosting an inaugural weekend series between Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball programs, while honoring Braves Hall of Famers and HBCU graduates in the Ralph Garr-Bill Lucas HBCU Baseball Classic presented by Truist. The inaugural…
The Covid-19 pandemic has put another HBCU baseball athletic program on pause. LeMoyne-Owen College’s administration, after a recent spike in coronavirus case, has announced that baseball activities have been paused for the 2021 season because of an uptick of Covid-19 cases. Black…