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.
Collegiate Baseball’s Fabulous 40 NCAA Division I Pre-Season Poll presented by Big League Chew bubble gum has been released and it includes four HBCU teams mentioned in the poll as “others receiving votes”. Alabama State was mentioned in the poll…
The defending MEAC champion returns many of key pieces of its championship team. Four starting pitchers are back from last year’s squad. KC Coleman, who threw two complete games in the MEAC tournament, Josh Hancock, Josh Barr and Josh Wilson…
The Harris-Stowe State University baseball team was back on the diamond recently for their fall ball schedule. For the first time in program history, they played countable games for the spring, beginning in the fall. NAIA started to allow games…
The 2020 Maryland Eastern Shore baseball program has some new faces that will help the Hawks attempt to be one of the top teams in the MEAC conference. The Hawks graduated 3 seniors, and have 23 returning players from the…
The Coppin State baseball team continues fall practice prepping for the 2020 season. What is expected for the coming season? Justin Banks returns and should be the favorite for MEAC Player of the Year after hitting .394 with 5 homeruns…
The Edward Waters College Tigers are returning 22 players from the 2019 season. Out of those 22, 6 starting position players and four starting pitchers return. The 2020 team will be led by four-year starter Cayden Frankie at first base…
The West Virginia State baseball team officially began prepping for the 2020 season with fall practices. Coming off of what can be described as an underachieving season, the Yellow Jackets are ready to bounce back to prominence in the Mountain…
Head coach Jonathan Hernandez is changing the landscape of the Bethune-Cookman baseball program. He has recruited the highest ranked signing class in the program’s history along with some top notch JUCO transfers that are already providing excitement for Wildcats fall…
For the Benedict baseball program, “those base stealing bandits”, fall ball has started. The Tigers have 22 returners including last year’s national stolen base leader Bradon O’Connor and shortstop Chris Harper, a senior who had a solid season hitting over…
After a disappointing end to the 2019 season, The Golden Tigers understand that they under-achieved and fell short of team goals. Head coach Reginald Hollins stated “I told the guys after our last regular season game that it’s no time…