As the 2021 season winds down, a no-hitter, a 17 strikeout pitching performance highlight Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball – Week Fourteen… North Carolina Central University Junior Austin Vernon faced just one over the minimum as he tossed eight strikeouts…
Jackson State head baseball coach Omar Johnson notched his 13th season winning 30-plus ball games during the regular season this past May 8th, 2021. In his fifteenth season at JSU, Johnson has posted an overall 241-100 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)…
The HBCU All-Star Game, presented by Minority Baseball Prospects (MBP), will host its inaugural 2021 HBCU All-Star Game to showcase top-tier collegiate talent coming out of Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The teams have been selected by current and…
After witnessing stiff competition and competitive high energy play on the field last week in the Black College World Series, Black College Nines now wants to look back at some of the best that the world series provided. Most Swag:…
West Virginia State continues to garner national attention after climbing four spots from last week’s previous No. 8th ranking and moved into a two-way tie with Mercyhurst at No. 4 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II Atlantic…
Jackson State University, with its unanimous selection holds on to its No. 1 ranking for the sixth week in a row in Black College Nines’ 2021 Historically Black College and University (HBCU) regular season baseball poll in the large school division…
While the Face of Black College Baseball Grows Whiter and Whiter When I was a high schooler in Macon, Georgia, I dreamed of playing collegiate baseball at Georgia Tech in Atlanta during the early days of school desegregation. In 1969,…
It’s a wrap in Montgomery, Alabama. After four exciting days, the 2021 Black College World Series Baseball Tournament champion has been crowned. The Bluefield State College Big Blues lost the first championship game to Xavier University of Louisiana 16-2, which…
Hugh midweek and even bigger weekend of Black College World Series action…Who’s Hot In HBCU Baseball – Week Thirteen… Bluefield State won the school’s first ever national title by defeating Xavier University of Louisiana to win HBCU baseball’s inaugural Black…
Bluefield State defeated Xavier University of Louisiana to rightfully claim HBCU Baseball inaugural Black College World Series. The path to the Black College World Series was anything but smooth. After fighting through a tough season stretch and playing in a…
