Sam Herweck, a St. Charles, MO native joined the NOC Tonkawa softball staff as assistant coach in February 2018 after a year and a half as the graduate assistant at Oklahoma Baptist University.

At OBU, she helped guide the Lady Bison to an NCCAA National Championship in 2017 in their last year of transitioning to NCAA Division II. Samantha has also helped coach the St. Louis Nemesis during the summers of her college career.

As a player, Herweck attended Three Rivers College and played two seasons for the Lady Raiders where she made the NJCAA Region 16 All-Tournament Team (2013) and NJCAA Region 16 First Defensive Team in 2014. She attended DII Arkansas Tech University where she would finish her education and playing career. She was part of the 2015, first Golden Sun’s team to qualify for a Regional. In her senior season the Golden Suns were the 2016 GAC regular season and Regional champions and Super Regional runner up.

She graduated from TRC with her Associate’s degree in 2014, Bachelors of Professional Studies in Public Relations from ATU in 2016, and her Masters in Sports Administration from East Central University in 2017.