Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks

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Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks
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Location	Fairbanks, Alaska
Ballpark	Growden Memorial Park
Founded	1960
Nickname(s)	'Panners
League championships	NBC (1972–1974, 1976, 1980, 2002) Alaska (1961–1968, 1970, 1972–1975, 1978–1984, 1986, 1991, 1994–1995, 2002–2003, 2005, 2013–2014)
Former league(s)	Western Baseball Association (1967) Big West Conference (1970–1971) Alaska Baseball League (1974–2015)
Colors	Blue, Gold, Red
Ownership	Alaska Goldpanner Baseball, Inc (non-profit)
Manager	Miles Kizer
General Manager	John Lohrke
President	Abram Siddall
Website	http://www.goldpanners.com

The Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks are a collegiate summer baseball team which was founded in 1960 as an independent barnstorming team. The Goldpanners were charter members of the Alaska Baseball League at the league's inception in 1974, but left the league in 2015 to return to a barnstorming schedule. The Goldpanners play their home games at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. They also host the annual Midnight Sun Game at their home venue.

Like other amateur collegiate summer baseball teams, the Goldpanners operate in a similar manner to professional minor league organizations: playing a nightly schedule, using wooden bats, and with lengthy road trips facing advanced competition. Due to Fairbanks' isolated location, the Goldpanners often play teams from the rest of Alaska and the West Coast of the Lower 48.