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 former HBCU coaches and players. Each selected player will have the opportunity to compete against the best in the game, and show Major League scouts that HBCU ball players have what it takes to advance to the next level.
With the annual Major League Draft being moved this year to July (Sunday, July 11, 2021 – Tuesday, July 13, 2021) from its more recent traditional date in early-to-mid June, the all-star game organizers are taking advantage of the extra time to expose these talented HBCU ballplayers to professional baseball scouts.
This initiative is also being undertaken by Major League Baseball. In November of 2020, the then highly successful baseball coach at HBCU’s Southern University, Kerrick Jackson, was hired to lead the newly formed MLB Draft League. The league will be a collegiate summer baseball league beginning play this year and will serve as a showcase for top draft-eligible prospects leading up to each summer’s MLB draft. Since his hiring, Jackson has been in regular contact with HBCU coaches seeking ballplayers for his draft league who fit this description.
The Hoover Met Stadium
Hoover Met Stadium, 508 Stadium Trace Pkwy, Hoover, Alabama 35244, will be the host site of the HBCU All-Star Game on Monday and Tuesday, June 6-7, 2021.
DATES: (Central Time Zone)
- Monday’s Day 1 schedule includes a combine at 10 AM – 4 PM and Home Run Derby at 7 PM.
- Day 2 HBCU All-Star Game Time 6:30 PM.
HBCU Large School Roster:
AJ Gardner, Alabama State, OF
Trenton Jamison, Alabama State, CIF
Jabronski Williams, Alabama State, OF
Jose Fernandez, Alcorn, LHP
Tristin Garcia, Alcorn, MIF
Kacy Higgins Jr, Arkansas Pine Bluff, OF
Tony Horn, Arkansas Pine Bluff, RHP
Zyon Avery, Bethune Cookman, CIF
Lawrence Bryant, FAMU, OF
Kelyn Fox, FAMU, LHP
Jason Alvarez, Grambling, RHP
Cameron Bufford, Grambling, MIF
Jahmoi Percival, Grambling, OF
Cameron Phelts, Grambling, OF
Chenar Brown, Jackson State, CIF
Chandler Dillard, Jackson State, OF
Nikelle Galatas, Jackson State, RHP
Jeremiah Hill, Jackson State, CIF
James Deloatch, Norfolk State, LHP
Alsander Womack, Norfolk State, MIF
Xavier Meachem, NC A&T, RHP
Gianni Smith, NC A&T, RHP
Brayden Johnson, Prairie View A&M, OF
Victor Mendoza Prairie View A&M, RHP
Jerome Bohannon, Southern, LHP
Taj Porter, Southern, C
Tremaine Spears, Southern, OF
Kamron Fields, Texas Southern, RHP
Oscar Ponce, Texas Southern, CIF
HBCU Small School Roster:
Terence Thomas II, Albany State, OF
Anthony Johnson, Benedict, CIF
Charles Jackson, Claflin, RHP
Lorenzo Peterson, Clark Atlanta, RHP
Zach Elias, Lane, MIF
Chris O’Neal, Lane, MIF
Zavian Caldwell, Miles, RHP
Derrick Odom, Morehouse, OF
Sieas Elliot, Rust, C
DJ Franklin, Savannah State, OF
Enrico Peele, Savannah State, RHP
Oracio De Leon, Talladega, RHP
Jeffry Roldan, Talladega, MIF
D’Anthony Morrow, Tougaloo, MIF
Jalan Daniels, Tuskegee, RHP
Joshua Lewis, Tuskegee, OF
Ronald McGhee, Tuskegee, C
Blair Frederick, Xavier (La.), LHP
Antonio Rodriguez, Xavier (La.), MIF
Tristan Rodriguez, Xavier (La.), C