Wartburg Knights

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Wartburg Knights
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CollegeWartburg College
NCAADivision III
ConferenceAmerican Rivers Conference
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
NicknameKnights
ColorsOrange and Black[1]
   
MascotSir Victor
Fight songU RAH RAH RAH!
Websitego-knights.net
Team NCAA championships
26

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.

Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballBowling
BowlingClay Target Sports
Clay Target SportsCross country
Cross countryEsports
EsportsGolf
FootballSoccer
GolfSoftball
SoccerTennis
TennisTrack and field
Track and fieldVolleyball
WrestlingWrestling

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) 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 DeAnn Akins
Wrestling (Men's) Eric Keller
Wrestling (Women's) Brady Kyner

Championships

References

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