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Cador to participate in Major League Baseball symposium
University news release
Southern University head coach Roger Cador has been selected by Major League Baseball to participate in the first symposium for the survival of historically black colleges and universities baseball programs.
The symposium will be held August 15 in Richmond, Va, and will contain a discussion of obstacles of black colleges have offering baseball as a collegiate sport.
Joinging Cador on the panel will be former major-leaguer Bobby Bonds, father of current San Fransisco Giants All-Star Barry Bonds; former major-leaguer Dave Parker; Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball Jimmy Lee Solomon; Atlanta Braves scout Robert Lucas; MLB Scouting Bureau representative J.D. Elliby; and former Howard University baseball coach, Jimmy Williams.
"Obviously with the dialogue that is going to take place, I am hoping that the information that will be gathered and shared, we can bring back and share this information with the city of Baton Rouge, its communities and all of the different levels of coaching here," said Cador, who has been Southern's head baseball coach for 18 seasons. "I am hoping that we can make Baton Rouge a model for every other city to look at in terms of how we are promoting, helping and teaching our kids about the game of baseball.
"We have two fine institutions here in the city with great baseball traditions, good high school programs. Now what we have to do is find a way to encourage and motivate more African-American kids to go out for baseball teams. We get a lot kids participating up until the age of about 15, then a lot drop off. What we have to do is try to find a way to keep them going in baseball beyond the age of 15."
University news release
Southern University head coach Roger Cador has been selected by Major League Baseball to participate in the first symposium for the survival of historically black colleges and universities baseball programs.
The symposium will be held August 15 in Richmond, Va, and will contain a discussion of obstacles of black colleges have offering baseball as a collegiate sport.
Joinging Cador on the panel will be former major-leaguer Bobby Bonds, father of current San Fransisco Giants All-Star Barry Bonds; former major-leaguer Dave Parker; Senior Vice-President of Baseball Operations for Major League Baseball Jimmy Lee Solomon; Atlanta Braves scout Robert Lucas; MLB Scouting Bureau representative J.D. Elliby; and former Howard University baseball coach, Jimmy Williams.
"Obviously with the dialogue that is going to take place, I am hoping that the information that will be gathered and shared, we can bring back and share this information with the city of Baton Rouge, its communities and all of the different levels of coaching here," said Cador, who has been Southern's head baseball coach for 18 seasons. "I am hoping that we can make Baton Rouge a model for every other city to look at in terms of how we are promoting, helping and teaching our kids about the game of baseball.
"We have two fine institutions here in the city with great baseball traditions, good high school programs. Now what we have to do is find a way to encourage and motivate more African-American kids to go out for baseball teams. We get a lot kids participating up until the age of about 15, then a lot drop off. What we have to do is try to find a way to keep them going in baseball beyond the age of 15."
