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Richard Edwards and Jordan Pontious, former Edward Waters College Tiger baseball players and teammates, are playing professionally for the Garden City Wind in the Independent Leagues Pecos League. And both had outstanding 2019 seasons. Edwards, after a stellar collegiate career,…
Eighteen former members of the 2019 Winston Salem State University baseball team have transferred to other programs for the 2019-2020 school year after WSSU announced this past May that it would be terminating baseball in favor of forming a golf…
Below are recent coaching changes for HBCU baseball head coaching and assistant coaching positions that have taken place heading into fall ball for the 2020 season. Black College Nines will continue to keep you updated on the latest coaching changes…
Editor’s Note: The Black College Legends and Pioneers Committee of the College Baseball Foundation will once again be making a selection for induction into the 2019 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. courtesy of the College Baseball…
“I’m excited to get another chance to revive a baseball program,” Coach Marcus Smith said over lunch at the iconic Beautiful Restaurant in southwest Atlanta. Fourteen lunch months ago, Smith walked away from the Head Baseball Coach position at Le…
Is Selma University dropping its baseball program, along with the men’s and women’s basketball programs, and athletic department? Sources tell us that the administration is at odds with the education department over federal financial assistance and that the athletic…
Former Coppin State baseball player Jahmon Taylor made his professional debut as he started on the mound Friday night for the Eastside Diamond Hoppers of the United States Professional Baseball League (USPBL), an independent league based in suburban Detroit. Taking on the…
As a multi-sport athlete growing up in Memphis, Fred Valentine always found a field or court to play on. But while Mr. Valentine, who was born in Mississippi, juggled sports, he paid as much or more attention to his academics.…
Southern University and Norfolk State received votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) final NCAA Division I poll this past June 27th after the conclusion of the College World Series title game won by Vanderbilt. Southern garnered votes…
In our ongoing effort to showcase the baseball talent at historically black colleges and universities, Black College Nines identifies its HBCU baseball national individual statistical champions. Below is the list of the 2019 HBCU baseball large and small school individual…
Post season awards continue to pour in for HBCU Baseball players. The American Baseball Coaches Association, along with Rawlings Sporting Goods Company (ABCA/Rawlings), presented its 2019 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Region teams for the eight regions across the country. The…
