The Duluth Huskies are an amateur baseball team playing in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. They have been operating in Duluth, Minnesota since 2003. The Huskies play home games at Wade Stadium in Duluth, which was built in 1941.
History After the 2002 Northern League season, the Duluth-Superior Dukes were relocated, becoming the Kansas City T-Bones, leaving a vacancy at Wade Stadium. In time for the 2003 season, the Huskies were added as a Northwoods League expansion team, along with the La Crosse Loggers and Thunder Bay Border Cats.
The Huskies have advanced to the Northwoods League championship game five times (2004, 2013, 2018, 2022, 2025) and lost each time. In 2025, in front of a packed Wade Stadium, the Huskies held a commanding lead over the Green Bay Rockers throughout much of the game before surrendering it to a Green Bay rally and costly error.
Ethan Surowiec had a standout season for the Huskies in 2025, leading the league in many hitting categories (including home runs, RBI, and OPS) and earning league MVP honors. Surowiec also garnered national attention for incident in which he fielded a ground ball as a baserunner on his way from second to third base. Surowiec played for the Huskies after his freshman season at the University of Mississippi and transferred to the University of Florida to play for the Gators in his sophomore year.
Seasonal record Year Division Overall record Finish Playoffs Manager 2003 North 24-39 None Jeff Casper 2004 North 33-35 North Division Champion, Lost League Championship v. Madison Mallards Jeff Casper 2005 North 36-32 None Dave Para 2006 North 44-27 2nd Half North Division Champion Dave Para 2007 North 41-29 2nd Half North Division Champion Adam Stahl 2008 North 26-42 None Adam Stahl 2009 North 25-43 7th None Adam Stahl/ Terry Collins 2010 North 34-32 4th None Daniel Hersey 2011 North 30-37 6th None Daniel Hersey 2012 North 38-32 3rd None Daniel Hersey 2013 North 43-27 2nd North Division Champion, Lost League Championship v. Madison Mallards Daniel Hersey 2014 North 30-42 7th None Daniel Hersey 2015 North 40-32 3rd Wild Card Daniel Hersey 2016 North 30-42 6th None Daniel Hersey 2017 North 31-41 9th None Daniel Hersey 2018 North 47-25 2nd North Division Champion, Lost League Championship v. Fond du Lac Dock Spiders Tyger D. Pederson 2019 Great Plains East 29-38 9th None Marcus Pointer 2020 Did not play due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Great Plains East 30-38 2nd in Sub-division Lost Sub-division Championship v. Waterloo Bucks Marcus Pointer 2022 Great Plains East 34-33 2nd in Sub-division Great Plains Division Champions, Lost League Championship v. Kalamazoo Growlers Marcus Pointer 2023 Great Plains East 36-32 3rd in Sub-division None Marcus Pointer 2024 Great Plains East 38-31 2nd in Sub-division Lost Sub-division championship v. La Crosse Loggers Marcus Pointer 2025 Great Plains East 45-27 1st in Sub-division Great Plains Division Champions, Lost League Championship v. Green Bay Rockers Marcus Pointer 2026 Great Plains East 29-41 5th in Sub-division None Marcus Pointer
Huskies in Major League baseball
The following is a list of Huskies players to appear in Major League Baseball.
Name Season(s) in Duluth MLB accolades Cody Asche 2009/2010 Aaron Barrett 2008 Hunter Bigge 2018 Joe Bisenius 2003 Andy Burns 2008/2009 Kristian Campbell 2022 AL Rookie of the Month (Apr. 2025) Isaac Collins 2017 NL Rookie of the Month (Jul. 2025) Steve Edlefsen 2004 Rhyne Hughes 2004 Connor Joe 2012 Ryan Lollis 2006 Doug Mathis 2004 Wade Meckler 2019 Mark Melancon 2004 4x All-Star, NL Reliever of the Year Sean Poppen 2014 Fernando Rodriguez 2003 Drew Smyly 2009 World Series Champion () Nick Sogard 2018 Logan VanWey 2018/2019 Terrin Vavra 2015 Zach Walters 2009
References
External links Duluth Huskies official site Northwoods League official site