Wartburg Knights

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Wartburg Knights
Wartburg Knights logo.svg
College Wartburg College
Conference American Rivers Conference
NCAA Division III
Athletic directorJohn Cochrane
Location Waverly, IA
Varsity teams27
Football stadium Walston-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]
   
Website go-knights.net/index.aspx
Team NCAA championships
24

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.

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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 wrestling and women's indoor track and field won. [5] In basketball, the Wartburg women have reached the NCAA Final Four on three occasions, most recently in 2024. 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.

In the spring of 2023, Wartburg secured their 19th straight American Rivers Conference all-sports trophy. [7] The Knights have won the trophy every year since its inception in 2003. They also won the men's and women's all-sports trophy for the 24th and 18th year, respectively.

Championships

NCAA team championships

Wartburg has won 24 NCAA team championships. [3]

National Championships (24)
Men's (16)
SportYearHead CoachTournament
Outdoor Track & Field 2021Marcus Newsom NCAA
Wrestling 1996Jim Miller NCAA
1999Jim Miller NCAA
2003Jim Miller NCAA
2004Jim Miller NCAA
2006Jim Miller NCAA
2008Jim Miller NCAA
2009Jim Miller NCAA
2011Jim Miller/Eric Keller NCAA
2012Jim Miller/Eric Keller NCAA
2013Jim Miller/Eric Keller NCAA
2014 Eric Keller NCAA
2016 Eric Keller NCAA
2017 Eric Keller NCAA
2018 Eric Keller NCAA
2022 Eric Keller NCAA
Women's (8)
Indoor Track & Field 2009Marcus Newsom NCAA
2010Marcus Newsom NCAA
2012Marcus Newsom NCAA
Outdoor Track & Field 2005Marcus Newsom NCAA
2009Marcus Newsom NCAA
2012Marcus Newsom NCAA
2013Marcus Newsom NCAA
2014Marcus Newsom NCAA

Conference championships

Wartburg has 259 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) and American Rivers Conference (ARC) championships:

Conference Championships (259)
TitlesSportYear
41 Wrestling IIAC : 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
ARC : 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
23 Womens Outdoor Track and Field IIAC : 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
ARC : 2020, 2021
22 Baseball IIAC : 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
21Men's Basketball IIAC : 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2006
20 Men's Cross Country IIAC : 1963, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
ARC : 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
20 Women's Cross Country IIAC : 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002 , 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
ARC : 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
19 Football IIAC : 1958, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
ARC : 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
17 Women's Indoor Track & Field IIAC : 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
ARC : 2020, 2021
12 Men's Outdoor Track & Field IIAC : 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017
ARC : 2019, 2021, 2023
12Women's Golf IIAC : 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
11 Men's Indoor Track & Field IIAC : 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015
ARC : 2019, 2021
11 Women's Basketball IIAC : 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018
ARC : 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
10 Women's Volleyball IIAC : 2002, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
ARC : 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
6Men's Golf IIAC : 1955, 1960, 1971, 1972, 2004, 2006
5Men's Soccer IIAC : 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013
4Women's Soccer IIAC : 2008, 2011, 2015
ARC : 2020
3Softball IIAC : 2001, 2006, 2008
1Men's Tennis IIAC : 1993
1Women's Tennis ARC : 2018
259Total IIAC :220
ARC : 39

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  2. ↑ "DIII Wrestling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
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  7. ↑ https://rollrivers.com/news/2023/5/25/baseball-wartburg-sweeps-american-rivers-conference-all-sports-trophies-for-the-2022-23-year.aspx
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