Northern State University

• Location: Aberdeen, SD
• Nickname: Wolves
• Conference: Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference 1979-present; South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference 1967-1974
• Division: II
• Ballpark: Fossum Field

Northern State University was known as Northern State Teachers College until 1964 and Northern State College until 1989. The school began sponsoring baseball in 1967 with a limited schedule. [1]

People who went here

• Mark Gulseth, college coach
• Jason Hampton, college coach
• Scott Hortness, college coach
• Chase Tunstall, college coach

Coaches

• Bart Berndt, 1967-1992
• Steve LeGrand, 1993
• Duane Rilla, 1994-1995
• Craig Case, 1996
• Keven Lightner, 1997
• Jarrod Hogue, 1998
• Nate Gibbs, 1999
• Tim Prosser, 2000-2002
• Curt Fredrickson, 2003-2007
• Mark Gulseth, 2008-2010
• Dean Berry, 2011-2025
• Brandon Kusler, 2026-present

Assistant Coaches

• Mike Dahl
• Jason Hampton, 1996
• Scott Hortness
• Steve Olson, 1991
• Tim Prosser, 1998-1999

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall	Conference	Coach	Notes
1968	12-10		Bart Berndt
1969	13-11		Bart Berndt
1970	20-9		Bart Berndt	NAIA District
1971	23-8		Bart Berndt	NAIA District
1972	21-8		Bart Berndt	NAIA District / NAIA Area
1973	30-9		Bart Berndt	NAIA District / NAIA Area
1974	28-20		Bart Berndt
1975	16-18		Bart Berndt
1976	28-17		Bart Berndt	NAIA District
1977	18-19		Bart Berndt
1978	17-21		Bart Berndt
1979	10-25	2-14	Bart Berndt
1980	10-22	3-13	Bart Berndt
1981	14-25	4-12	Bart Berndt
1982	13-25	5-16	Bart Berndt
1983	20-18	11-13	Bart Berndt	NAIA District / NAIA Area
1984	17-16	4-12	Bart Berndt	NAIA District / NAIA Area
1985	26-18	11-9	Bart Berndt	NAIA District / NAIA Area
1986	12-19	2-10	Bart Berndt
1987	18-24-3	3-17	Bart Berndt
1988	18-33	9-9	Bart Berndt
1989	8-36	2-18	Bart Berndt
1990	18-20	5-9	Bart Berndt
1991	19-21-1	7-9	Bart Berndt
1992	29-18	10-8	Bart Berndt	NAIA District
1993	22-21	10-5	Steve LeGrand	NAIA District
1994	13-26	7-9	Duane Rilla
1995	13-24	6-8	Duane Rilla
1996	14-31	7-11	Craig Case	NSIC
1997	6-25	0-12	Keven Lightner	NSIC
1998	12-36	5-12	Jarrod Hogue	NSIC
1999	7-29	4-19	Nate Gibbs
2000	8-39	2-14	Tim Prosser
2001	4-28	1-9	Tim Prosser
2002	11-35	1-23	Tim Prosser
2003	14-35	3-18	Curt Fredrickson
2004	17-26	10-16	Curt Fredrickson
2005	19-24	8-14	Curt Fredrickson
2006	11-36	2-16	Curt Fredrickson
2007	12-36	6-20	Curt Fredrickson
2008	15-28	11-21	Mark Gulseth
2009	9-31	1-23	Mark Gulseth
2010	5-41	2-26	Mark Gulseth
2011	12-25	9-19	Dean Berry
2012	17-28	10-20	Dean Berry
2013	15-27	8-20	Dean Berry
2014	26-19	21-13	Dean Berry	NSIC
2015	27-26	18-18	Dean Berry
2016	22-24	14-16	Dean Berry
2017	24-26	17-21	Dean Berry
2018	22-20	13-13	Dean Berry
2019	26-25	20-16	Dean Berry	NSIC
2020	1-12		Dean Berry
2021	15-22	14-19	Dean Berry
2022	15-26	10-18	Dean Berry
2023	11-31	6-24	Dean Berry
2024	18-31	13-26	Dean Berry
2025	15-32	11-29	Dean Berry