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The Jackson State Tigers baseball represents Jackson State University, which is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Tigers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Southwestern Athletic Conference . The Jackson State Tigers play all home games on campus at Braddy Field. Under the direction of head coach Omar Johnson ...
Braddy Field. / 32.296316; -90.201391. Robert "Bob" Braddy Field is a baseball venue in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is home to the Jackson State Tigers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. [1] Originally known as Jackson State University Baseball Complex, it was renamed prior to the 2010 season for ...
Braddy is from Florence, Mississippi. He attended Jackson State University and played college baseball for the Jackson State Tigers. [1] He became the head coach of the Tigers in 1973. Braddy coached the Tigers to a 824–546 (.601) win–loss record, establishing a new Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) record for wins.
They are nicknamed the Sonic Boom of the South and Prancing J-Settes. The band was first organized in the early 1940s. As early as the mid-1920s, the University had a well-organized orchestra. The group was given the nickname, “The Sonic Boom of the South” by band members in 1971. In 1971, the majorettes abandoned their batons and became a ...
Championships. 2× SWAC Tournament (2013, 2014) 7x SWAC East division (2007–08, 10, 12–13, 17, 21) Awards. SWAC Coach of the Year (2021) Omar Johnson is an American college baseball coach and former outfielder. Johnson is the head coach of the Jackson State Tigers baseball team.
Mt. Olive Cemetery, essentially on Jackson State University’s campus in Jackson, Miss., is the burial home of Black Americans as far back as the 19th century.
Jackson College in 1889. Jackson State University developed from Natchez Seminary, founded October 23, 1877, in Natchez, Mississippi.The seminary was affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, who established it "for the moral, religious, and intellectual improvement of Christian leaders of the colored people of Mississippi and the neighboring states".
Smith–Wills Stadium was the home of the Jackson Mets from 1975 to 1990. The Jackson Mets were a Texas League AA affiliate of the New York Mets. The Mets moved into Smith–Wills stadium prior to the end of construction. At the home opener for the Mets in 1975, the stadium still lacked a roof over the press-box, and still had an unpaved ...