Terry Steinbach, 2001
Tim McIntosh, 2017
Tim McIntosh
Northwoods League History
NWL MVP
Year
Name
Team
1998
Robb Quinlan
St. Cloud
2000
Josh Holthaus
St. Cloud
All-Decade Team
Robb Quinlan
Postseason All-Star Selections
Year
Name
Team
1996
Mike Diebolt
Rochester
Robb Quinlan
St. Cloud
1998
Robb Quinlan
St. Cloud
2000
Josh Holthaus
St. Cloud
Jason Kennedy
St. Cloud
2002
Ben Pattee
Mankato
2006
Dany Lyons
Rochester
2008
Nate Hanson
Mankato
2009
Mike Kvasnicka
Brainerd
2011
Dan Olinger
Brainerd
2012
Alex Tukey
Battle Creek
2013
Packy Casey
Waterloo - Coach of the Year
2015
Dan Motl
Willmar
Eddie Estrada
Willmar
2016
Brian Glowicki
St. Cloud
2022
Tucker Novotny
Willmar
2023
Tommy Gross
St. Cloud
Player of the Night
Date
Name
Team
June 8, 2009
Mike Kvasnicka
Brainerd
July 25, 2009
Mike Kvasnicka
Brainerd
June 26, 2011
Bobby Juan
La Crosse
July 6, 2011
Bobby Juan
La Crosse
August 4, 2011
Bobby Juan
La Crosse
August 7, 2012
Bobby Juan
La Crosse
June 10, 2015
Alex Boxwell
Waterloo
June 30, 2015
Austin Athmann
St. Cloud
July 2, 2016
Eddie Estrada
Willmar
July 31, 2017
Riley Smith
Green Bay
June 25, 2019
Jack Kelly
St. Cloud
July 18, 2020
Chase Stanke
Willmar
July 19, 2020
Sam Ireland
St. Cloud
July 23, 2020
Jack Kelly
St. Cloud
July 28, 2020
Ronnie Sweeny
La Crosse
August 5, 2020
Chase Stanke
Willmar
July 8, 2021
Ronnie Sweeny
La Crosse
July 12, 2022
Brady Counsell
Kenosha
June 21, 2023
Drew Berkland
Wausau
Pitcher of the Night
Date
Name
Team
August 2, 2012
Alex Tukey
Battle Creek
June 10, 2015
Toby Anderson
Duluth
June 12, 2015
Tyler Hansen
Willmar
July 27, 2015
Lucas Gilbreath
St. Cloud
August 8, 2015
Toby Anderson
Duluth
August 12, 2017
Jake Stevenson
St. Cloud
August 20, 2017
Jake Stevenson
St. Cloud
August 6, 2021
Tucker Novotny
Minnesota
June 21, 2022
Noah Rooney
Rochester
August 9, 2022
Will Semb
Green Bay
August 9, 2023
Kris Hokenson
Willmar
August 12, 2023
Sam Malec
Willmar
Did you Know? Northwoods League History with Gophers
Minnesota had NWL Player of the Night honors on back-to-back nights (July 18th and July 19th) with Stanke and Ireland honored, but they also have won both the Player & Pitcher of the Night honors dating back to June 10th, 2015 with Toby Anderson (Duluth Huskies) winning Pitcher of the Night and Alex Boxwell (Waterloo Bucks) winning Player of the Night
Bubba Horton & Jack Wassel won the Northwoods League Championship in 2018 for the Fond du lac Dock Spiders
Jake Stevenson & Jackson Rose won the Northwoods League Championship in 2017 for the St Cloud Rox
Micah Coffey won the Northwoods League Championship in 2015 with the Kenosha Kingfish
Bobby Juan won the Northwoods League Championship in 2012 with the Lacrosse Loggers
The Gophers hold the record for most players selected (7) to the MLB Dreams Showcase in a single year in 2015, and the most overall players selected in the history of the event which started in 2013 with (21) players selected in 7 years of the event
Minnesota set a record in back-to-back-to-back summers placing (18) Gophers in the Northwoods League in 2017, (20) in 2016 and a league-record (24) players in the Northwoods League in 2015
The Gophers have annually placed their top high school seniors in the Northwoods League starting with Eddie Estrada (Willmar Stingers) in 2015. Jack Wassel (Rockford Rivets) in 2016, Danny Kapala (Waterloo Bucks) in 2017, Noah DeLuga (Rockford Rivets) and Cody Kelly (St Cloud Rox) in 2020 while George Klassen (Lakeshore Chinooks) would have been the third high senior signed with Northwoods League, but Lakeshore canceled their season in June
Packy Casey & Brandon Hunt coached together for the Waterloo Bucks in 2013 and 2014, where they set a Northwoods League record with 51 wins in 2013 and a franchise record of 97 wins in 2 years, Casey was named the Northwoods League Coach of the Year in 2013
Toby Hanson set a franchise record 22-game hitting streak for the Mankato Moondogs, posting a league best .442 average (53x120) with 14 doubles and 27 RBI, Hanson hit safely in 27-of-29 games played
Nate Hanson (Mankato Moondogs) was the 2007 Northwoods League All Star Game MVP, and won the league batting crown that same year
Andy Henkemeyer (St Cloud Rox) was a 2-time Northwoods League All Star and was St Cloud team MVP in 2011
Robb Quinlan (St Cloud River Bats) was the Northwoods League MVP in 1998 and has the highest career batting average in league history (.355). Quinlan was named to the Northwoods League All-Decade Team in 2004
Six of the last 8 Gophers to reach the Major League level all played in the Northwoods League. Robb Quinlan (St Cloud River Bats), Jack Hannahan (Mankato Mashers), Cole DeVries (Mankato Moondogs), John Gaub (St Cloud River Bats), DJ Snelten (Rochester Honkers), and Ben Meyer (St Cloud Rox) while 11 current professional Gophers all played in the league which include Tom Windle (Madison Mallards), Dan Motl (Willmar Stingers), Nick Lackney (Willmar Stingers), Eli Wilson (Willmar Stingers), Terrin Vavra (Duluth Huskies), Micah Coffey (Kenosha Kingfish), Jake Stevenson (St Cloud Rox), Jackson Rose (St Cloud Rox), Brian Glowicki (St Cloud Rox), Lucas Gibreath (St Cloud Rox) and Dalton Sawyer (St Cloud Rox).
