Texas Wesleyan Sports Information GRAND PRAIRIE, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University baseball team (1-2) suffered an 11-0 loss at the hands of Jarvis Christian College (2-1) at QuikTrip Park on Saturday. The game was moved up to an 11:30 a.m.…
Two HBCU Programs Open 2015 College Baseball Season Victorious
Talladega College and Edward Waters College baseball teams played their respective 2015 season openers as both Historically Black College and University (HBCU) teams defeated their opponents on the road to start the college baseball season. Talladega opens the season with…
Now Offering Current HBCU Baseball News
Beginning with the 2015 baseball season, we will begin updating the site with current HBCU baseball news. Michael Coker, who provided similar updates to the now dormant Black College Baseball site, will serve as our lead contributing writer. Michael can…
HBCU Baseball Team Links Page
Thanks to Cheyney University athletic director, Ruffin Bell, who ran the now dormant website Black College Baseball, we now have access to his HBCU baseball team links page. All team site links should now be up to date. Please look…
College Baseball HOF Voting Underway
The members of our Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee (listed to the right) have been sent their ballots with the names of seven candidates for consideration into this year’s class (2015) of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. For…
Welcome Back to Black College Nines
This site is designed to give followers of Historically Black College and University baseball an opportunity to learn more about the rich history of African-Americans in college baseball. This site will be comprised of research on black college baseball’s past and integrators of non-HBCU…
Andre Dawson of FAMU – The Hawk Soared Even as a Rattler
July 25, 2010 will always be an important day on the baseball calendar of Florida A&M baseball. On this date, former Rattler Andre Dawson became the first FAMU alum to be inducted into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame. Dawson’s…
When HBCUs Dominated NAIA Baseball – Part 3
While looking through the Official NCAA Baseball Guide of 1973 for some unrelated material, I stumbled across a stat that I had not included in any of my previous updates on the good old days when HBCU’s dominated NAIA baseball. Inadvertently…
Southern University’s “Throwback Game” Weekend
The memory of Negro League baseball is alive and well in Baton Rouge, Louisiana one weekend every spring when rival Grambling State University comes to town to face host, Southern University. This year’s series will be played on Saturday, April…
Kenny Washington of UCLA – Bruin Baseball Integrator
For me, it is interesting to realize that the man who broke baseball’s “color barrier” was not even the first at his college to break that same barrier… nor was he the best on the UCLA Bruins’ ball club. When…
When HBCUs Dominated NAIA Baseball – Part 2
College baseball season is so close at hand that I can almost hear the ping of aluminum… or if I listen close enough, the crack of a wooden bat. Though it seems far from baseball weather as I look at…