Wartburg Knights
| Wartburg Knights | |
|---|---|
 | |
| College | Wartburg College |
| Conference | American Rivers Conference |
| NCAA | Division III |
| Athletic director | John Cochrane |
| Location | Waverly, IA |
| Varsity teams | 27 |
| Football stadium | Walston-Hoover Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Levick Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Harms Stadium at Hertel Field |
| Softball stadium | Lynes Field |
| Soccer stadium | Salzwedel Field |
| Golf course | Prairie Links Golf Course |
| Tennis venue | Meirink Family Tennis Facility |
| Outdoor track and field venue | Hoover Fieldhouse |
| Mascot | Sir Victor |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Fight song | U RAH RAH RAH! |
| Colors | Orange and Black[1] |
| Website | go-knights |
| 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.
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[edit]
NCAA team championships[edit]
Wartburg has won 24 NCAA team championships.[3]
| National Championships (24) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's (16) | |||
| Sport | Year | Head Coach | Tournament |
| Outdoor Track & Field | 2021 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA |
| Wrestling | 1996 | Jim Miller | NCAA |
| 1999 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2003 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2004 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2006 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2008 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2009 | Jim Miller | NCAA | |
| 2011 | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | NCAA | |
| 2012 | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | NCAA | |
| 2013 | Jim 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 | 2009 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA |
| 2010 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
| 2012 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
| Outdoor Track & Field | 2005 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA |
| 2009 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
| 2012 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
| 2013 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
| 2014 | Marcus Newsom | NCAA | |
Conference championships[edit]
Wartburg has 259 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) and American Rivers Conference (ARC) championships:
| Conference Championships (259) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Titles | Sport | Year |
| 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 |
| 21 | Men'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 |
| 12 | Women'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 |
| 6 | Men's Golf | IIAC: 1955, 1960, 1971, 1972, 2004, 2006 |
| 5 | Men's Soccer | IIAC: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2013 |
| 4 | Women's Soccer | IIAC: 2008, 2011, 2015 ARC: 2020 |
| 3 | Softball | IIAC: 2001, 2006, 2008 |
| 1 | Men's Tennis | IIAC: 1993 |
| 1 | Women's Tennis | ARC: 2018 |
| 259 | Total | IIAC:220 ARC: 39 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Brand Guidelines" (PDF). Wartburg College. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "DIII Wrestling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
- ^ a b "Wartburg National Championships". Wartburg College Athletics.
- ^ services, Register news. "Iowa Scene: Wartburg women's track wins D-III meet, DMACC softball". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ Bishop, Greg (March 14, 2012). "For Wartburg College, Titles Are Twice as Nice". The Quad.
- ^ "College men's basketball: Wartburg on to Sweet 16, 76-43". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
- ^ https://rollrivers.com/news/2023/5/25/baseball-wartburg-sweeps-american-rivers-conference-all-sports-trophies-for-the-2022-23-year.aspx
- ^ "Tracking Titles - Men's". rollrivers.com.
- ^ "Tracking Titles - Women's". rollrivers.com.