Baseball Wisconsin Podcast

Game 7: 5th Inning with Nat Richter

Game 7: 5th Inning sits down with Nat Richter, head baseball coach at UW-Stevens Point. 

Game 7: 4th Inning with Bob Van Rens

Game 7: 4th Inning sits down with Bob Van Rens, head coach at DePere HS and 2024 Division 1 state champions. 

Game 7: 3rd Inning with CJ Christianson

CJ Christianson, head coach of the Division 4 state champion baseball team at Eleva-Strum HS

Game 7: 2nd Inning with Rich Newton

Game 2: 7th Inning sits down with Rich Newton, head baseball coach at Edgewood High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Edgewood won the Division 2 state championship in 2024. 

Game 7: 1st Inning with Jeff Levering

Game 7: 1st Inning sits down with Jeff Levering from the Milwaukee Brewers 

Game 7: Ground Rules

Welcome to 2025! Join us for "ground rules" as we recap 2024 and look ahead to 2025. 

Game 6: 8th Inning with Brooks Braga

Game 6: 8th Inning with Brooks Braga from BRX Performance. For more information visit: https://brxperformance.com/ 

 

Game 6: 7th Inning with Jay Wojcinski

Game 6: 7th Inning sits down with Jay Wojcinski, current head baseball coach at Germantown HS and 2023 D1 state champion coach at Whitefish Bay HS. 

 

Game 6: 6th Inning with Sal Bando Jr.

Game 6: 6th Inning sits down with Sal Bando Jr., head coach at Marquette University High School 

Game 6: 5th Inning with Matt Vold

Game 6: 5th Inning with Matt Vold, head coach at St. Croix Falls and 2023 Division 3 state champions. 

Game 6: 4th Inning with Greg Fetherston

Game 6: 4th Inning sits down with WBCA 2024 Hall of Fame inductee Greg Fetherston 

Game 6: 3rd Inning with Tim Poock

Game 6: 3rd Inning sits down with Tim Poock, head coach at Green Lake-Princeton. Tim is one of the five WBCA Hall of Fame inductees in 2024. 

Game 6: 2nd Inning with Luke Fox

Game 6: 2nd Inning sits down with Los Angeles Dodger minor league pitcher, Luke Fox 

Game 6: 1st Inning with Shaun Wegner

Game 6: 1st Inning sits down with Shaun Wegner, head baseball coach at UW-Milwaukee. See his bio here: https://mkepanthers.com/staff-directory/shaun-wegner/147 

Game 6: Ground Rules

Welcome to 2024! Join us this season as we release episodes leading up to the season in 2024. Thank you to the WBCA for supporting this project as we highlight baseball across Wisconsin. 

Game 5: 8th Inning with Quentin Travis

Game 5: 8th Innings sits down with the new head baseball coach at Sun Prarie West High School, Quentin Travis. 

Game 5: 7th Inning with John Matera

Game 5: 7th Inning sits down with John Matera, head baseball coach at Kenosha Tremper High School. John was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2023. Coach Matera is a Tremper alumni and also serves as the athletic director. 

Game 5: 6th Inning with Bob Johnson

Game 5: 6th Inning sits down with Bob Johnson, retired head coach at Eau Claire North HS. Bob was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2023 with one of the most impressive resumes in state history. 

Game 5: 5th Inning with Kris Agnew

Game 5: 5th Inning sits down with Kris Agnew, head baseball coach at Milton High School. Kris talks us through his 2022 season which ended with the Red Hawks hoising the gold ball in Appleton. Congrats again to Milton for winning the 2022 D1 state championship. 

Game 5: 4th Inning with Chris Krepline

Game 5: 4th Inning sits down with Chris Krepline, head coach at Lawrence University. To learn more about Coach Krep and his program visit their website here: https://vikings.lawrence.edu/sports/baseball 

Game 5: 3rd Inning with John Hamilton

Game 5: 3rd Inning sits down with John Hamilton from Westby High School. John was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2023. John has served as the WBCA President over the past two years as well as a member of the WBCA executive board. 

Game 5: 2nd Inning with Bill Miller

Game 5: 2nd Inning sits us down with Bill Miller, head coach at Denmark High School. Bill is the first repeat guest as his 2022 squad won back-to-back Division 2 State Championships. You can also hear from Coach Miller on stage at the 2023 WBCA Clinic on February 10th in Madison. 

Game 5: 1st Inning with Andy Niese

Game 5: 1st Inning sits down with Andy Niese, head coach at Eau Claire Regis High School. Congratulations to Regis on winning the 2022 Division 4 state championship.

 

Game 5: Ground Rules

Game 5: Ground Rules starts off the 2023 campaign. A quick recap of 2022 and a look ahead to 2023! 

Game 4: 7th Inning with Micah Thingvold and Brad Rindfleisch

Game 4: 7th Inning sits down with Micah Thingvold, head coach at Waunakee High School and Brad Rindfleisch, head coach at West Bend West High School. Both first-year head coaches are taking over very successful and storied programs. 

Best of luck to everyone as the 2022 season gets underway! 

Game 4: 6th Inning with Victor Herbst

Game 4: 6th Inning sits down with Victor Herbst, head baseball coach at Janesville Craig High School.

 

Coach Herbst: vherbst@janesville.k12.wi.us 

Game 4: 5th Inning with Chris Schwarz

Game 4: 5th Inning sits down with Chris Schwarz, head baseball coach at UW-La Crosse. To learn more about UW-LAX Baseball visit their website: https://uwlathletics.com/sports/baseball 

Game 4: 4th Inning with Stein Rear

Game 4: 4th Inning sits down with Stein Rear, Head Baseball Coach at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. 

To learn more about Stein, see his bio here: https://gopios.com/staff-directory/stein-rear/57 

Game 4: 3rd Inning with Trent Mongero

Game 4: 3rd Inning sits down with Trent Mongero. Trent will be speaking at the WBCA Clinic this weekend, February 11-12. He will also be running a one-day camp on Sunday the 13th, visit the website below for more details. 

You can find Trent on Twitter @CoachMongero and visit his website https://coachmongero.com/ 

Game 4: 2nd Inning with Jerry Weinstein

Game 4: 2nd Inning sits down with Jerry Weinstein, who since 2012 has been working in the Colorado Rockies Organization. To learn more about jerry visit: https://weinsteinbaseball.com/ 

Follow him on Twitter @JWonCATCHING 

Game 4: 1st Inning with Trevor Burmeister

Game 4: 1st Inning sits down with Trevor Burmeister, minor league hitting coach in the Colorado Rockies organization. 

To contact Burm directly, you can message him @T_Burm on Twitter 

Game 4: Ground Rules

Recap of Game 3 and an introduction to Game 4

Game 3: 7th Inning with Rusty Tiedemann

Game 3: 7th Inning sits down with 2021 WBCA Hall of Fame inductee, Rusty Tiedemann. During his career at Watertown High School, Rusty compiled a record of 328-152, including seven conference championships, three trips to the state tournament, one runner up and one state championship in 1999.  

Game 3: 6th Inning with Shaun Wegner and Steve Bartlein

Game 3: 6th Inning sits down with Shaun Wegner, assistant coach at UW-Milwaukee and Steve Bartlein, assistant coach at UW-Whitewater. 

E-mail for Coach Wegner: sawegner@uwm.edu 

E-mail for Coach Bartlein: bartleins13@uww.edu 

Game 3: 5th Inning with Steve Warren

Game 3: 5th Inning sits down with Steve Warren, head baseball coach at Marathon High School. Steve was inducted into the WBCA Hall of Fame in 2019.  

To contact Steve directly, e-mail him at swarren@marathon.k12.wi.us 

Game 3: 4th Inning with Harvey Knutson

Game 3: 4th Inning sits down with Harvey Knutson, Head Baseball Coach at Bay Port High School. Harvey had a historic first season as head coach as the Pirates took home the Division 1 Silver Ball from their trip to Appleton. Stop by and see Harvey speak at the WBCA Coaches Clinic on Friday, February 11th at 3:00 p.m. in Middleton, WI. He is one of many incredible coaches in this year's exceptional line-up. 

Thanks again to Coach Knutson for taking the time to sit down with us today. 

Game 3: 3rd Inning with Jim Wilkinson

"Game 3: 3rd Inning" highlights Jim Wilkinson, Head Baseball Coach at Germantown High School and 2020 WBCA Hall of Fame inductee. Coach Wilkinson holds a career record of 367-187 including multiple conference and sectional championships as well as two state championships while at Marquette University High School in 2006 and 2008. 

A huge thank you to Wilk for sitting down with us today. 

Game 3: 2nd Inning with Spencer Lee

"Game 3: 2nd Inning" highlights Spencer Lee, recently retired Head Baseball Coach at Waunakee High School. Coach Lee stepped down after 25 seasons as head coach. His teams won 10 conference championships, 5 sectionals, and the 2018 Division 1 State Championship. 

A huge thank you goes out to Spencer for taking the time to sit down with us today. 

Game 3: 1st Inning with Bill Miller

"Game 3: 1st Inning" highlights Bill Miller, Head Baseball Coach at Demark High School. Coach Miller has a career record of 454-220 and is a 2021 state champion. Coach Miller dives deep into the Demark program, coaching his sons, the community support of Demark athletic, and much more. 

A huge thank you to Coach Miller for taking the time to sit down with us today. The Demark Viking are 2021 WIAA Division 2 State Champions. 

Game 3: Ground Rules

Game 3 "Ground Rules" serves as a recap of 2021 and a preview to future episodes. 

Game 2: 7th Inning with Jarrod Washburn

"Game 2: 7th Inning" highlights Jarrod Washburn, Head Baseball Coach at Webster High School. Coach Washburn has led the Tigers to back-to-back state championships in 2018 and 2019. Arguably the most storied baseball player in Wisconsin history, Jarrod was the 31st overall pick in the 1996 MLB draft and a 12-year MLB veteran. 

This episode is packed with his playing and coaching experience. Jarrod details the characteristics of the numbers championship teams he has played and coached on. 

A huge thank you goes out to Jarrod Washburn for taking the time to sit down with us today. 

 

Game 2: 6th Inning with Greg Reinhard

"Game 2: 6th Inning" highlights Greg Reinhard, owner of GRB Academy. Inside of this episode, Greg takes us through his journey as a player at UW-Whitewater and into professional baseball then into life at GRB. Reinhard was named D3 National Pitcher of the Year in 2005, the same year the Warhawks won their first national championship. After his junior year, he was drafted in the 6th round by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and spent more than six years playing pro ball. 

A huge thank you to Greg for taking time out of his busy schedule to sit down with us today.  

Game 2: 5th Inning with Kyle Trewyn

"Game 2: 5th Inning" highlights Kyle Trewyn, Associate Head Coach at Bradley University. He also serves and the hitting and catching coach as well as the recruiting coordinator. In this episode, KT unpacks his journey as a player and coach and his path to his current position. We dig into player development, recruiting, practice planning and so much more.

KT and I have known each other for 15 years starting when we played together at Cardinal Stritch University and I was lucky enough to have him for one season as my JV coach at Catholic Memorial. He is a long-time friend and a fellow #girldad. 

To learn more about his bio, visit here: https://bradleybraves.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/kyle-trewyn/3205 

Game 2: 4th Inning with John Vodenlich

"Game 2: 4th Inning" highlights John Vodenlich, Head Baseball Coach at UW-Whitewater. 2021 will be coach Vo's is entering his 18th season as head coach of the Warhawks. Under his leadership, the Warhawks have won two national championships (2005, 2014) and sent 41 players into professional baseball. Vo is been a great friend of the WBCA and takes a ton of pride in baseball across the state of Wisconsin. Inside of this episode we touch on player development, practice planning, recruiting and so much more. 

To learn more about his bio, visit here: https://uwwsports.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/john-vodenlich/3346 

A huge thank you to Coach Vodenlich for taking the time to sit down with us today, I know you are going to LOVE this episode. 

 

Game 2: 3rd Inning with Scott Doffek

"Game 2: 3rd Inning" highlights Scott Doffek, Head Baseball Coach at UW-Milwaukee. Coach Doffek is entering his 15th season as head coach of the Panthers. Doffek has spent over 27 years coaching at Milwaukee and in today's episode he opens up his program to the listeners. This episode is jam-packed with player development, practice planning, recruiting and SO much more. Coach Doffek is been a great friend of the WBCA and takes a ton of pride in baseball across the state of Wisconsin. 

To learn more about his bio, visit here: https://mkepanthers.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/scott-doffek/2435 

A huge thank you to Coach Doffekfor taking the time to sit down with us today, I know you are going to LOVE this episode. 

 

Game 2: 2nd Inning with Chad Montez

"Game 2: 2nd Inning" highlights Chad Montez, Head Baseball Coach at Waukesha West High School. Coach Montez has a career record of 410-309 including seven conference championships, ten sectional appearances, and eight trips to the state tournament. He is also the conference rep for the Classic Eight Conference and a former president of the WBCA. Chad is a 2018 WBCA Hall of Fame inductee. 

A huge thank you to Coach Montez for taking the time to sit down with us today. 

Game 2: 1st Inning with Scott Staude

"Game 2: 1st Inning" highlights Scott Staude, Head Baseball Coach at Burlington High School. Coach Stuade has a career record of 284-194 including four consecutive Southern Lakes conference championships, four consecutive trips to the state tournament, and a state championship in 2016. He is also the conference rep for the Southen Lakes as well as the 2nd Vice President of the WBCA. 

A huge thank you to Coach Stude for taking the time to sit down with us today. 

Game 2: Ground Rules

The "Ground Rules" section recaps Game 1 and previews Game 2. 

Game 1: 7th Inning with Jeff Ryan

"Game 1: 7th Inning" highlights Jeff Ryan, Head Baseball Coach at Prescott High School, a 2019 inductee to the WBCA Hall of Fame. Coach Ryan has a career record of 371-109 including 12 conference championships, two trips to the state tournament, and a state championship in 2012. He has also served as the Middle Border Conference rep since 2003 and has twice coached in the WBCA All-Star Classic. 

A huge thank you to Coach Ryan for sitting down with a fellow social studies teacher and baseball coach. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it. 

Game 1: 6th Inning with Ryan McGinnis

"Game 1: 6th Inning" highlights Ryan McGinnis, Head Baseball Coach and Athletic Director at Kimberly High School. Ryan discusses his journey both playing and coaching as well as the lessons learned from fellow coaches at Kimberly. The Papermakers are a perennial power and are frequent visitors to Appleton. Baseball is one of many successful programs within Kimberly High School and McGinnis takes a tremendous amount of pride in providing an unforgettable experience for all student-athletes at Kimberly. Coach McGinnis has led the Papermakers to a state championship in both 2007 and 2017. 

A huge thank you to Ryan for taking the time to sit down with us today. He is a highly sought-after speaker in the baseball community and I am grateful for his time and willingness to share with our community.