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Easton Herring joins the Hokies after completing his first season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Wichita State baseball program. In his inaugural campaign as a volunteer assistant in 2021, Herring helped guide the Shockers to a 31-23 overall record and 18-13 tally in the American Athletic Conference. Wichita State finished a program-best third in the final regular season conference standings, while the 18 conference victories were a program-high since joining the AAC before the 2018 season.
Herring helped the Shockers to a .977 fielding percentage in 54 games this season which is a new program, single-season record. WSU committed the fewest errors (44) in program single-season history in 2021 (excluding the shortened 2020 season). In addition, the Shockers had five players named All-Conference First Team in The American, including Freshman All-American and Newcomer Pitcher of the Year, Jace Kaminska, reliever Aaron Haase, infielders Paxton Wallace and Garrett Kocis, and outfielder Corrigan Bartlett. The five all-conference honorees also were a program-best since becoming members of the AAC.
A native of Pratt, Kan., Herring is no stranger to Shocker baseball as he served as a graduate manager for WSU from 2018-2020 before being elevated to volunteer assistant coach. Prior to arriving at Wichita State in 2018, he attended and played baseball at Newman University in Wichita. In two seasons with the Jets, Herring played in 84 games and led the Heartland Conference in runners thrown out. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Newman in December, 2018, and received his master's degree in sport management from Wichita State in May, 2020.
Herring is a 2013 graduate of Pratt High School, and attended both Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Neb., and Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kan. As a catcher at Southeast CC, he started in 56 games, hitting .338 on a team that went 42-21 overall and fell one win short of a berth in the NJCAA World Series. Herring transferred to Seward County prior to his sophomore year and saw action in 32 contests, hitting .328, before graduating and heading to Newman in 2016.
Herring served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the Hutchinson Monarchs in the summer of 2020 in the Sunflower Collegiate League and helped lead the team to a third-place finish in the NBC World Series (highest in team history) and their first SCL league championship with a 35-5 overall record.
Easton Herring joins the Hokies after completing his first season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Wichita State baseball program. In his inaugural campaign as a volunteer assistant in 2021, Herring helped guide the Shockers to a 31-23 overall record and 18-13 tally in the American Athletic Conference. Wichita State finished a program-best third in the final regular season conference standings, while the 18 conference victories were a program-high since joining the AAC before the 2018 season.
Herring helped the Shockers to a .977 fielding percentage in 54 games this season which is a new program, single-season record. WSU committed the fewest errors (44) in program single-season history in 2021 (excluding the shortened 2020 season). In addition, the Shockers had five players named All-Conference First Team in The American, including Freshman All-American and Newcomer Pitcher of the Year, Jace Kaminska, reliever Aaron Haase, infielders Paxton Wallace and Garrett Kocis, and outfielder Corrigan Bartlett. The five all-conference honorees also were a program-best since becoming members of the AAC.
A native of Pratt, Kan., Herring is no stranger to Shocker baseball as he served as a graduate manager for WSU from 2018-2020 before being elevated to volunteer assistant coach. Prior to arriving at Wichita State in 2018, he attended and played baseball at Newman University in Wichita. In two seasons with the Jets, Herring played in 84 games and led the Heartland Conference in runners thrown out. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Newman in December, 2018, and received his master's degree in sport management from Wichita State in May, 2020.
Herring is a 2013 graduate of Pratt High School, and attended both Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Neb., and Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kan. As a catcher at Southeast CC, he started in 56 games, hitting .338 on a team that went 42-21 overall and fell one win short of a berth in the NJCAA World Series. Herring transferred to Seward County prior to his sophomore year and saw action in 32 contests, hitting .328, before graduating and heading to Newman in 2016.
Herring served as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator for the Hutchinson Monarchs in the summer of 2020 in the Sunflower Collegiate League and helped lead the team to a third-place finish in the NBC World Series (highest in team history) and their first SCL league championship with a 35-5 overall record.