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.
Alabama State was one of ten HBCUs to receive Rapsodo through a partnership with the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Braves Foundation, announced Tuesday by the organization. “This is just another tool that puts us up to par with other conferences…
The Norfolk State baseball program released its 2021 schedule on Wednesday, a 53-game regular-season slate that features 26 home games prior to the MEAC Baseball Championship, which returns to NSU this year. The Spartans will play a total of 32…
Black College Nines (BCN) predicts the large school order of finish for the 2021 Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) baseball season. We examine methodically and in detail teams from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)…
At the conclusion of last season, when the pandemic shut down all of college baseball prematurely, Alabama State University received the final No. 1 ranking. The Hornets open the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) 2021 Large School Pre-Season Baseball…
Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball returns for the 2021 season. This is our weekend edition where four HBCU baseball programs saw plenty of action. With the season officially open, there was plenty of action featuring home runs, outstanding defensive plays, lights-out…
There is a ton of HBCU talent as we head into the 2021 collegiate baseball season and quite a few draft eligible players ready for Major League draft day. The 2021 season is going to be exciting for HBCU baseball…
Florida Memorial University’s baseball team showed it can win in multiple ways Friday, defeating host Edward Waters College in a 15-2 rout in the first game of the day’s doubleheader and edging out the Tigers 2-1 in the second game…
Norfolk State infielder Alsander Womack was named the Preseason MEAC Baseball Player of the Year for the second year in a row and headlines three Spartan players voted to the preseason All-MEAC teams released Friday by the conference office. Womack,…
Two North Carolina Central University baseball student-athletes have earned preseason awards, as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced both Luis DeLeon (Providence, R.I.) and Ryan Miller (Blandon, Pa.) were named Preseason First Team All-MEAC, the league office announced on Friday, Feb.…
Watching a runner take off during the pitcher’s windup attempting a stolen base is one of the most exciting plays in baseball. Normally this brings you to the edge of your seat. Both the player and the ball are headed…