Athletic Dominance

A Tradition of Excellence

31 straight years of individual or team national championships, including the 2026 NWCA National Duals championship for the women’s wrestling team.

21 out of the last 24 years finishing in the Top 25 in the Learfield Sports Division III Directors’ Cup standings. Wartburg has placed as high as seventh and was 17th in 2025-26.

22 consecutive American Rivers Conference All-Sports Championships for overall men’s and women’s programs — that’s every year since the award’s inception.*

27 A-R-C men’s all-sports championships.

20 A-R-Conference women’s all-sports championships.

And we took the A-R-C triple crown (all-sports, men’s, and women’s championships in the same year) again in 2025-26, the 15th time overall.

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* No final standings/awards for 2020 and 2021 due to seasons affected by the pandemic

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Program Highlights

Baseball

20 American Rivers Conference championships in the last 25 seasons
Two-time NCAA Division III Central Region champions
Two College World Series berths

Cross Country

21-time American Rivers Conference men’s champions and 21-time women’s champions, including seven-straight titles for the men and six-straight for the women*
10 top-10 national finishes for men (National Runner-up in 2022 and 2024)
11 top-10 national finishes for women (finished No. 3 in 2022)
NCAA Division III Central Region women’s champions in 1991-94, 2001-02, 2005, 2008, 2011-13, 2019-23
NCAA Division III Central Region men’s champions in 2003, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024

*No NCAA regional or national meets in 2020 due to pandemic

Football

2023 squad unbeaten and untied in regular season for the seventh time in school history in back-to-back seasons
2022 and 2023 squads advanced to national semifinals in back-to-back seasons
17 national playoff qualifiers, including 13 since 2002
20 American Rivers Conference championships
30 consecutive winning seasons, ranks third in all NCAA divisions

*No games played in 2020 season due to COVID-19

Golf

12-time NCAA Division III women’s team national tournament qualifiers (2005-06, 2008-16, and 2018)
12-time women’s conference team champions
Six-time men’s conference team champions

Soccer

Four regular-season conference women’s titles, three conference tournament championships
Five regular-season conference men’s titles, eight conference tournament championships, won ARC tournament in 2023 and 2024
11 men’s national tournament appearances in last 15 years*
10 women’s national tournament appearances since 2007, five straight 2017-22*

*No tournament in 2020 season due to COVID-19

Softball

Four-time regular season conference champions
Five-time conference tournament champions
30 wins in seven of last 20 seasons
College World Series berth in 2003
13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 2022, 2023, 2024

Tennis

32 men’s All-Conference selections in the last 13 years
40 women’s All-Conference selections in last 14 years
Women’s conference championship in 2018, the first in program history

Track and Field

12 top-20 finishes for men at outdoor nationals since 2001, including National Championship in 2021
18 top-10 finishes for women at outdoor nationals since 1999, including five National Championships
19 of the past 21 women’s conference outdoor champions
12 men’s outdoor conference titles since 2002

Information updated July 31, 2025

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