Coach Solfest re-joined the Mustang Baseball coaching staff in 2025. He coached the freshmen team in 2021. A 2019 Mounds View grad, John was a baseball and hockey captain and also played football. He played for Coach Anderson on the Tri-City Red Legion state championship teams in 2017 & 2018. He earned a BA in Psychology from Bethel University in 2023 and earned a Graduate Certificate in Leadership Foundations in 2024. Bethel Baseball won the MIAC tournament all three years he was there and John was named MIAC Pitcher of the Year in 2024. His favorite baseball memory is hitting a walk off homer while going 8 for 8 with 6 bombs in wiffleball at sandlot in 5th grade. He currently works as a commercial real estate agent and resides in Mounds View, Minnesota.