Wartburg Knights

The Wartburg Knights are the athletic teams that represent Wartburg College, located in Waverly, Iowa. The Knights have varsity teams in 27 sports, 13 for men and 14 for women. The teams participate in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the American Rivers Conference. Currently, the school's athletic director is John Cochrane.

Wartburg Knights
Logo
CollegeWartburg College
ConferenceAmerican Rivers Conference
NCAADivision III
Athletic directorJohn Cochrane
LocationWaverly, IA
Varsity teams27
Football stadiumWalston-Hoover Stadium
Basketball arenaLevick Arena
Baseball stadiumHarms Stadium at Hertel Field
Softball stadiumLynes Field
Soccer stadiumSalzwedel Field
Golf coursePrairie Links Golf Course
Tennis venueMeirink Family Tennis Facility
Outdoor track and field venueHoover Fieldhouse
MascotSir Victor
NicknameKnights
Fight songU RAH RAH RAH!
ColorsOrange and Black[1]
   
Websitego-knights.net/index.aspx
Team NCAA championships
24

Wartburg has had a strong history in athletics at the Division III level. The Knights wrestling team has an NCAA Division III leading 15 national championships.[2] The Knights also have multiple national championships in both women's indoor track and field(3) and women's outdoor track and field(5), with men's track and field winning one in 2021.[3][4] The Knights made history in the spring of 2012 when they became the first and only school to win two national titles in one day when both wretling and women's indoor track and field won.[5] In basketball, the Wartburg women have reached the NCAA Final Four on two occasions, most recently in 2018. The men's team has made the Elite Eight once and the Sweet Sixteen on three separate occasions, most recently in 2017.[6] The baseball team has reached the College World Series twice, most recently in 2005. Wartburg's softball team has played in the Women's College World Series once, in 2003.

Championships

NCAA team championships

Wartburg has won 24 NCAA team championships.[3]

Conference championships

Wartburg has 250 American Rivers Conference (ARC) championships:

  • Men
    • Baseball (22): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
    • Basketball (21): 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2006
    • Cross country (19): 1963, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
    • Football (17): 1958, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2022
    • Golf (6): 1955, 1960, 1971, 1972, 2004, 2006
    • Indoor track & field (11): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2021
    • Outdoor track & field (12): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
    • Soccer (5): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013
    • Tennis (1): 1947
    • Wrestling (38): 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 ,2023
  • Women
    • Basketball (10): 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
    • Cross country (19): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 , 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
    • Golf (12): 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
    • Indoor track & field (17): 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021
    • Outdoor track & field (23): 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
    • Softball (3): 2001, 2006, 2008
    • Soccer (4): 2008, 2011, 2015, 2020
    • Tennis (1):2018
    • Volleyball (10): 2002, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

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References
  1. "Brand Guidelines" (PDF). Wartburg College. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. "DIII Wrestling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  3. "Wartburg National Championships". Wartburg College Athletics.
  4. services, Register news. "Iowa Scene: Wartburg women's track wins D-III meet, DMACC softball". The Des Moines Register.
  5. Bishop, Greg (March 14, 2012). "For Wartburg College, Titles Are Twice as Nice". The Quad.
  6. "College men's basketball: Wartburg on to Sweet 16, 76-43". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
  7. "Tracking Titles - Men's". rollrivers.com.
  8. "Tracking Titles - Women's". rollrivers.com.
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