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Editors Note… The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Negro Leagues Baseball. During its heyday, teams were often made up of ballplayers who previously played at historically black colleges and universities. Negro League teams were the…
By College Baseball Foundation August 6, 2020 One of the winningest college coaches and one of baseball’s most decorated players highlight the 2020 National College Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. This year’s class, which will be inducted as a part…
In the fall semester of 1961, a freshman from Boynton Beach, Fla., arrived on Florida A&M’s campus ready to leave her historic mark on Tallahassee. And she didn’t even know it. For Harriett Louise Adderley, her remarkable story from Tallahassee…
For the official press release from the ABCA, click here The American Baseball Coaches Association has announced eight individuals to be inducted to the ABCA Hall of Fame in January 2021. The ABCA Hall of Fame Class of 2021 includes:…
Listen to Vaughn Wilson on HBCU Gameday interview current SWAC baseball coach, Alcorn State’s Brett Richardson and future SWAC baseball coach, Florida A&M’s Jamey Shouppe, discuss SWAC baseball moving forward. recorded 07/07/2020 Courtesy of HBCU Gameday
Donnie Shell perseveres. For so many years as he forged his path, people doubted and discounted him. As a dedicated student and athlete coming out of rural Whitmire, South Carolina, he barely registered on college recruiters’ radars. And when he…
Listen in as Mike Prince interviews Claflin University head baseball coach, James “Sap” Randall recorded 07/08/2020 courtesy of The Mike Prince Show
BALTIMORE – North Carolina Central University pitcher Shane Davis (Currituck, N.C.) has become the second Eagle to sign a Major League Baseball contract this year, as the Baltimore Orioles have added him to its organization, the club announced. Davis is…
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Board of Directors recently announced the addition of Bethune Cookman and Florida A&M Universities as the 11th and 12th members of its conference. Both Bethune Cookman and Florida A&M will become official full members effective…
Voorhees College senior Calvin Coach III has been named a 2020 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Competitiveness Scholar by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The HBCU Competitiveness Scholars is the initiative’s highest student recognition…
Because of the COVID-19 world health crisis that abruptly ended the 2020 collegiate baseball season this past March, Major League Baseball held its shortest June draft in its history with just five rounds. Since then, two HBCU draft-eligible players…
