Coach Herback-South has an extensive baseball background and competed at some of the highest levels. As one of the youngest players selected to Team Saskatchewan, he competed in two Canada Cup Tournaments and one Canada Summer Games. He received a full scholarship to Div. I Northeastern Oklahoma A & M and made it to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado his freshman year. During his sophomore year he was selected as team MVP and received all-conference honors at Taft College, which earned him a full scholarship to Div. I California State University, Northridge his junior year. After experiencing elbow pain at CSUN, he underwent Tommy John surgery by Dr. Timothy Kremchek at Beacon Orthopaedics in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his senior year Herback-South attended Colorado State University, Pueblo where he lead his team in wins and was an All-Conference selection.  After attending an open pro-tryout in Detroit, Michigan, he was the first player selected to compete for the Macon Pinetoppers in the Peach State League. After striking out 16 batters in 10 innings of work, he started to suffer from shoulder tendinitis and a torn infraspinatus, which ultimately ended his pitching career and sparked the beginning of his coaching career. Herback-South has coached the 22U and 18U AAA Prairie Pirates programs for multiple seasons and has coached the 18U Bulldogs Baseball Academy fall team since 2017, while training multiple age groups in Lloydminster and the surrounding are. In 2021 he started the Wardogs Baseball Legion, which is the high-performance arm of the Academy, churning out college athletes every year and is certified by Driveline Baseball in the Basics of Pitch Design and Youth Baseball Development. 

More on Herback-South
Prairie Pirates Local Talent (2017): HERE
Past articles on Herback-South: HERE
Colorado State Player Info (2010): HERE
Colorado State Stats (2010): HERE
Taft College Athletics Records: HERE