About Us

About the Baseball Lab WI
Located in Mequon, WI, The Baseball Lab WI provides a state-of-the-art facility for baseball and softball players. The facility includes two tandem baseball cages, turf flooring for fielding, pitching machines, and all the equipment you need to run an efficient and effective practice. We have several coaches of different backgrounds to serve a wide variety of players.
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We thank you for your continued support of our family business throughout the years.
Meet the Staff

Steve Sanfilippo
Owner/Hitting Coach
Raider Review
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Seasons at MSOE: 9 (2014-present)
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Record at MSOE: 156-174 (.473)
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Overall head coach record: 156-174 (.473)
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Conference record at MSOE: 88-81 (.521)
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Conference tournament appearances: 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
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NACC Tournament Championships: 1 (2022)
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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2022)
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Served as assistant coach for the Raiders from 2006-2008​
Coaching Awards and Accomplishments
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Named 2024 NACC Coaching Staff of the Year
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Named 2022 Region VIII D3baseball.com Coach of the Year
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100 wins at NCAA D-III level (100th win came on 4/22/19)
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Guided program to most single season wins in team history (27 in 2022)
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Led team to first ever NACC tournament title and NCAA tournament appearance in 2022
Luke Meeteer
HITTING / FIELDING COACH
Luke was a 4 year starter in centerfield at UW-Milwaukee, where he holds school records for most career hits and stolen bases. Luke earned All-Horizon League honors all four years at UWM, including two appearances on the 1st team his freshman and senior seasons. He played for the Madison Mallards and the Lakeshore Chinooks of the Northwoods League in 2013 and 2014. Luke stole 23 bases with the Chinooks, 2nd most in single-season franchise history. Prior to UWM, Meeteer attended Middleton High School where he was a 1st Team All-State outfielder in both his junior and senior seasons. Meeteer was also an all-state football player.


Mason LeBreck
PITCHING COACH
Mason LeBreck was a 4 year starting pitcher for the MSOE Raiders, Graduating in 2021. He appeared in 26 games throughout his career, making 13 starts with a record of 4-5, striking out 76 batters and ending his career with a 3.57 ERA. Being a key player from either the bullpen or as a starter, Mason was able to come up in big situations and get the job done. He brings high level intensity and focus that allows him to be successful. Mason had success with his fastball, change up, and slider during his time at MSOE but ask about his secret curveball...
Ben Long
HITTING/CATCHING COACH
Ben Long played for UWM from 2008 to 2010, where he achieved a career batting average of .322, hit
16 home runs, and recorded 112 RBIs in 127 games. His standout season was in 2010, when he posted a
.342 batting average, hit 8 home runs, drove in 55 runs, and tied for the team lead with 78 hits. That
year, he earned Second-Team All-Horizon League honors as a designated hitter and became one of only
three players in UWM history to hit three home runs in a single game. He is also a member of the
program's 20-year anniversary team.
Before joining UWM, Ben played two seasons at Madison College, where he set the career RBI record
with 105, a record that held for 12 years until 2019. He also spent two summers in the Northwoods
League, playing for the Wausau Woodchucks and the Madison Mallards, and was selected for the NWL
All-Star team in 2009.
Since 2012, Ben has been providing youth athletes private hitting and catching lessons. His goal is to
spread his passion for the game to the next generation of ball player.


Trevor Schwecke
HITTING / FIELDING COACH
Trevor worked his way from a walk-on at UW-Milwaukee in 2016 to a 13th round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2019. With his time at UWM, Trevor held a career .322 batting average with 40 doubles, 7 homers, and an OPS of .837. Defensively, he was a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace award in 2019, which recognizes the top shortstop in all of NCAA Division 1. To begin his professional career, Trevor was nominated as a mid-season NWL all star in 2019. Trevor missed almost all of the 2021 season due to an injury, but moved quickly through the Blue Jays system in 2022 where he hit .230 with 10 homers; he began the season in High A Vancouver and finished the season in AAA Buffalo. He logged a perfect fielding percentage in AA New Hampshire, and an overall fielding percentage of .978 across three affiliates. Trevor was versatile in the field, starting games at all infield positions as well as left field and right field.

Nathan Kafka
PITCHING COACH
- Six years as a college baseball coach (NCAA II, NCAA III, and
NJCAA levels)
- Pitching coach for the 2013 Northwoods League Champion
Madison Mallards and Field Manager for the Watertown Wizards
in the NYCBL
- Coached several All- Conference, All-American, and Professional
baseball players
- Played professionally (frontier league), Collegiately (Minnesota
State Mankato, Madison College), Summer League (Madison
Mallards, Northwoods League)
Brandon Miller
PITCHING COACH / ARM CARE SPECIALIST
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Pitching Coach MSOE (2020-2024)
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NACC Coaching Staff of the Year (2024)
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Top Pitching Staff in NACC (2024)
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Top 3 NACC Pitching Staff all 5-Years
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All Conference Selections (9)
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All Regional Selections (4)
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Pitcher of the Year NACC Conference (2)
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All-Regional Pitcher of the Year (1)
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During my 5-years at MSOE, our pitching staff experienced no major arm injuries from the arm-care and throwing strategies we developed and implemented.
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Owner of Body Activation, a facility in Mequon that specializes in creating solutions for movement problems.
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Worked with and created dozens of return-to-play programs for Professional Baseball players including MLB All-Stars and future MLB Hall of Famers.
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Master’s degree in Biomechanics
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4-Year Division-1 Pitcher


Scott Doffek
HITTING COACH
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Won the National Junior College Association Batting Title .539 (1988)
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Spent 6 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates (AAA).
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Spent 30 years and 29 seasons at D1 UW-Milwaukee.
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785 wins.
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4 NCAA Tournament Appearances.
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Defeated the #1 ranked team in the NCAA Tournament.
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1999 and 2013 Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year.
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5 time Horizon League Coach of the Year
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Coached over 50 players that have been drafted or signed by Professional Organizations
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Recruited and coached back to back Gold Glove Finalist Daulton Varsho of the Blue Jays.
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Coached 4 All-Americans.
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Coached 13 League Players or Pitchers of the Year.

Mason Stoltenberg
HITTING / FIELDING COACH
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Current hitting and infield coach for Bryant and Stratton College (NJCAA) in Wauwatosa, WI
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Recruiting Coordinator and worked with offensive and infielder players for University of La Verne (NCAA D3) for 11 years
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Coached and recruited 4 All-americans, over 20 All-Conference players, over 6 All-Region players at D3 level.
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Coached 3 Players of the Year at D3 and 2 Newcomers of the Year at D3
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Consistently ranked in Top 25 for D3 baseball while at University of La Verne
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Coached teams to 2023 and 2024 super-regional appearances for NCAA D3
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SCIAC Coaching Staff of the year (5x, including 2023 and 2024)
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Played at Merced Junior College (2009-2011) and received all-conference honors
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Played at University of La Verne (2011-2013)