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.
Wiley College has announced that after it’s doubleheader sweep in game one 6-5 and a 5-3 win in game two over Tougaloo College Wednesday that it was shutting down all spring sports because of the coronavirus cited in its announcement.…
Alabama State Hornets junior catcher Santiago Garcia and Bethune Cookman junior Shamir Morales hav been named to the 2020 Buster Posey Award watch list, the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced on Monday afternoon. The Buster Posey Award, formerly known…
Alabama State University tops the first edition of our Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season Top 10 baseball poll in the large school division as announced by Black College Nines (BCN) on March 10, 2020. The Hornets, currently…
With a seven game winning streak, Alabama State (13-3 overall and 3-0 in the SWAC) continues to receive votes for the fourth straight week in this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division I poll after a weekend three-game…
Big time performances from HBCU baseball large school and small school programs highlight weekend action as Black College Nines (BCN) continues it’s season long coverage of “Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball” Week Seven… Grambling State University The Tigers, in it’s…
HBCU baseball is well underway for both large and small schools this season and Black College Nines (BCN) continues to access talented collegiate baseball players at this early juncture of the season. Recently, Black College Nines assembled a brief preview…
A top ranking upset, a Power Five win, hitting and pitching highlights both mid-week and weekend action as Black College Nines (BCN) continues it’s season long coverage of “Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball” Week Six… Southern University Southern defeated Prairie…
Jarvis Christian College The Jarvis Christian baseball team opened it’s conference season upsetting the nation’s 12th ranked Louisiana State University Shreveport Pilots in a slugfest. The Bulldogs were behind going into the bottom of the seventh inning 9-5 when they…
Texas Southern got its first win of season by shocking the 4th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs on Tuesday at Dudy Noble Field in the biggest upset of the college baseball season in 2020 so far. After the Tigers struggled in the…
Bethune Cookman is part of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) challenge to get its member baseball programs ranked among the NCAA Division I elites in rating percentage index (RPI) and strength of schedule to better qualify when the regional tournaments…