ETTRICK, VA - Black College Nines has announced its fifty-two Historically Black College and University (HBCU) preseason elite baseball players for the upcoming 2022 season. First and second team selections were made for "small schools" (made up of NCAA Division II institutions as well as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) institutions and National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) institutions).

 
Joshua Tayman (Nelson County, VA) will represent Virginia State in the 2022 HBCU Baseball Preseason Elites selections. Tayman is coming off his best season as a Trojan as he led the team in hits (13), doubles (4), RBI (14), on-base percentage (.442) and batting average (.361). Last season, Tayman had five-straight game where he drove in at least one run. Tayman also led the team in multi-hit games a year ago with four. From second base, Joshua Tayman had 19 putouts with seven double plays and 20 assists with no errors.

 
Black College Championships, LLC will be presenting the second annual Black College World Series on May 11-15, 2022, once again in conjunction with the city of Montgomery, Alabama and the Montgomery Biscuits baseball organization. The series will feature HBCU baseball teams from the NCAA Division II and teams from the NAIA to compete to crown a black college national champion among the non-NCAA Division I baseball programs.  A polling committee, from the 30 HBCU "small school" programs playing NCAA Division II and NAIA baseball this season, will select the schools.

 
The squad will head down south to Clark Atlanta to open the season against the Panthers on February 5-6. First pitch on the fifth is set for 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. while the game on the sixth is slated for 1:00 p.m.


The 2022 HBCU Preseason Elite Team:
 

Small School Division (DII, NAIA)
 

First Team

1B Ty Sizemore (Bluefield State College)

2B Hilman Truss (Lincoln University (PA))

3B Andrew Stone (West Virginia State University)

SS Jeffry Roldan (Talladega College)

UTL Adriel Acevedo (Talladega College)

OF Phillip Woullard (Savannah State University)

OF DeWayne Franklin (Savannah State University)

OF Maurice LaFon (Harris Stowe State University)

C Jan Rivera (Talladega College)

DH Matthew Kline (West Virginia State University)

P Andrew Mann (Savannah State University)

P Juwan Fitch (Xavier University LA)

P Nick Loftis (West Virginia State University)

RP Jamal Allen (Xavier University LA)
 

Second Team    

1B Arias Wander (Talladega College)

2B Joshua Tayman (Virginia State University)

3B Phillip Woullard (Savannah State University)

SS Da'Avion Sumpter (Claflin University)

UTL Caleb Cobb (Tuskegee University)

OF Coco Simoneaux (Xavier University LA)

OF Trey Junkins (West Virginia State University)

OF Yunior Sanchez (Florida Memorial University)

C Tucker Jordan (Albany State University)

DH Jefry Azcona (Lincoln University PA)

P Blair Frederick (Xavier University LA)

P Nigel Mayfield (Xavier University LA)

P Dashawn Horeskin (Kentucky State University)

RP Daniel Brandon (West Virginia State University)