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Wartburg Knights

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

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 2024, Wartburg secured their 20th 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 all-sports trophy for the 25th time and have won the women's all sports trophy 18 times.

Championships

NCAA team championships

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

Wartburg has 263 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) and American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) championships:

Conference Championships (262)
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
A-R-C: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
24 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
A-R-C: 2020, 2021, 2024
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
21 Men's Cross Country IIAC: 1963, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
A-R-C: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
21 Women's Cross Country IIAC: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
A-R-C: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
20 Football IIAC: 1958, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017
A-R-C: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
17 Women's Indoor Track & Field IIAC: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
A-R-C: 2020, 2021
12 Men's Outdoor Track & Field IIAC: 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017
A-R-C: 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
A-R-C: 2019, 2021
11 Women's Basketball IIAC: 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018
A-R-C: 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
10 Women's Volleyball IIAC: 2002, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
A-R-C: 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
A-R-C: 2020
3 Softball IIAC: 2001, 2006, 2008
1 Men's Tennis IIAC: 1993
1 Women's Tennis A-R-C: 2018
263 Total IIAC:220
A-R-C: 43

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Director's Cup

The NACDA Directors' Cup is an award given annually by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to the colleges and universities with the most success in collegiate athletics. Points for the NACDA Directors' Cup are based on order of finish in various NCAA sponsored championships or based on various polls. The following is Wartburg's finish out of over 300 NCAA DIII institution's in the Director's Cup since 1995:[10]

Year Standing
Wartburg Learfield Director's Cup Standings
1995–96 T89th
1996–97 63rd
1997–98 39th
1998–99 T-25th
1999-00 34th
2000–01 10th
2001–02 15th
2002–03 7th
2003–04 13th
2004–05 12th
2005–06 17th
2006–07 24td
2007–08 8th
2008–09 15th
2009–10 32nd
2010–11 15th
2011–12 18th
2012–13 18th
2013–14 11th
2014–15 15th
2015–16 21st
2016–17 26th
2017–18 18th
2018–19 24th
2019–20 N/A (COVID)
2020–21 N/A (COVID)
2021–22 17th
2022–23 16th
2023–24 17th

^indicates a current standing
Red indicates ranking down from previous year
Green indicates ranking up from previous year

Current head coaches

Team Coach
Wartburg NCAA Sport Head Coaches
Baseball Casey Klunder
Basketball (Men's) Sam Leal
Basketball (Women's) Bob Amsberry
Cross Country Ryan Chapman
Football Chris Winter
Golf (Director of golf) Jason Steege
Golf (Women's) John Thompson
Soccer (Men's) Mike Madigan
Soccer (Women's) Emily Ryan
Softball Jamie Mueller
Tennis (Men's and Women's) Chris Gustas
Track and field (Men's and Women's) Marcus Newsom
Volleyball Jen Walker
Wrestling (Men's) Eric Keller
Wrestling (Women's) Brady Kyner

References

  1. ^ "Brand Guidelines" (PDF). Wartburg College. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "DIII Wrestling Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ https://rollrivers.com/news/2023/5/25/baseball-wartburg-sweeps-american-rivers-conference-all-sports-trophies-for-the-2022-23-year.aspx
  8. ^ "Tracking Titles - Men's". rollrivers.com.
  9. ^ "Tracking Titles - Women's". rollrivers.com.
  10. ^ "Previous Directors Cup Standings". nacda.com. Learfield Directors Cup. Retrieved September 2, 2024.