The first round of the 2020 Major League Baseball player draft will get underway on Wednesday, June 10th. Instead of the normal 40 draft rounds, the 2020 draft will be limited to just 5 rounds. Historically Black College and…
Xavier University of Louisiana announced this past January, the hiring of Adrian Holloway as head coach of its recently relaunched intercollegiate baseball program, dormant since 1960. The Xavier athletic department is excited to have recruited Holloway. He will prove to…
As the college baseball season started in 2020, the Coronavirus was already out mapping its way to the U.S. The disease, caused by a new coronavirus, has been confirmed in every state. Once the alarming levels of the spread took…
Jose’ Vazquez was named head baseball coach for Alabama State University baseball program on July 13, 2016. This season marked his fifth for the Hornets. In 2020, Vazquez helped lead Alabama State to Black College Nines HBCU Baseball “Shortened Season”…
Reginald Hollins began his first season as head coach of the Tuskegee University baseball program in 2017 after serving the previous six as an assistant coach in multiple roles. During his baseball career at Tuskegee as a player, Hollins was…
The collegiate baseball season was shut down due to the growing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. This forced Major League Baseball to alter its annual amateur draft’s original scheduled start date of June 10th, consisting of 40 rounds in three…
The Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) recently recognized its student-athletes with their selection to the All-Conference and Champions of Character teams for the shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference honored their baseball teams which list five…
The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) baseball season was cut short by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). In our ongoing effort to showcase the 2020 shortened season, Black College Nines identifies its HBCU baseball national individual statistical champions. Below is the…
Black College Nines (BCN) takes a look at ten of the best fleet footed “No Fly Zone” outfielders in HBCU Baseball. Our list follows statistical information of the speedsters reaching balls hit in the gaps and turning would be hits…
Listen to “Sunday Night Live – The Mike Prince Show” on Spreaker. Black College Nines lead contemporary reporter, Michael Coker, was the guest this past Sunday evening on “Sunday Night Live – the Mike Prince Show” which aired on the…
