| Wartburg Knights | |
| College: | Wartburg College |
| Conference: | American Rivers Conference |
| Association: | NCAA |
| Division: | Division III |
| Director: | John Cochrane |
| Location: | Waverly, IA |
| Teams: | 27 |
| Ncaa Titles: | 24 |
| Stadium: | Walston-Hoover Stadium |
| Basketballarena: | Levick Arena |
| Baseballfield: | Harms Stadium at Hertel Field |
| Softballstadium: | Lynes Field |
| Soccerstadium: | Salzwedel Field |
| Tenniscourt: | Meirink Family Tennis Facility |
| Golfcourse: | Prairie Links Golf Course |
| Trackvenue: | Hoover Fieldhouse |
| Mascot: | Sir Victor |
| Nickname: | Knights |
| Fightsong: | U RAH RAH RAH! |
| Color1: | Orange |
| Color2: | Black[1] |
| Hex1: | F58025 |
| Hex2: | 000000 |
| Pageurl: | https://go-knights.net/index.aspx |
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.
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 | |
Wartburg has 260 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) and American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) championships:
| Conference Championships (260) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles | Sport | Year | |
| 41 | IIAC 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1960, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, | ||
| 24 | IIAC 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 | ||
| 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 | IIAC 1952, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2006 | ||
| 20 | IIAC 1963, 1967, 1970, 1982, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 | ||
| 20 | IIAC 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | ||
| 19 | IIAC 1958, 1959, 1968, 1982, 1983, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017 | ||
| 17 | Women's Indoor Track & Field | IIAC 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 | |
| 12 | Men's Outdoor Track & Field | IIAC 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | IIAC 1990, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018 | ||
| 10 | IIAC 2002, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 | ||
| 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 | |
| 3 | Softball | IIAC 2001, 2006, 2008 | |
| 1 | Men's Tennis | IIAC 1993 | |
| 1 | Women's Tennis | A-R-C 2018 | |
| 260 | Total | IIAC 220 | |