A Tradition of Excellence
ATHLETIC DOMINANCE
20 out of the last 22 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 the final set of the 2023-24 standings.
30 straight years of individual or team national championships, including the 2025 men’s wrestling at the NCAA national meet.
25 American Rivers Conference men’s all-sports championships.
18 American Rivers Conference women’s all-sports championships.*
20 consecutive American Rivers Conference all-sports championship trophies for overall men’s and women’s programs (every year since the award’s inception).*
* No final standings/awards for 2020 and 2021 due to seasons affected by the pandemic
Outdoor Program Highlights
Baseball
- 16 American Rivers Conference championships in the last 24 seasons
- Two-time NCAA Division III Central Region champions
- Two College World Series berths
Cross Country
- 20-time American Rivers Conference men’s champions and 19-time women’s champions, including six-straight titles for the men and five-straight for the women*
- Nine top-10 national finishes for men (National Runner-up in 2022)
- 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
*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
- 16 national playoff qualifiers, including 12 since 2002
- 19 American Rivers Conference championships
- 29 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, seven conference tournament championships, won ARC tournament in 2023
- 10 men’s national tournament appearances in last 14 years*
- 10 women’s national tournament appearances since 2007, five straight 2017-22*
*No tournament in 2020 season due to COVID-19
Softball
- Three-time regular season conference champions
- Five-time conference tournament champions
- 30 wins in seven of last 19 seasons
- College World Series berth in 2003
- 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, including 2022 and 2023
Tennis
- 32 men’s All-Conference selections in the last 13 years
- 38 women’s All-Conference selections in last 13 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
- 17 top-10 finishes for women at outdoor nationals since 1999, including five National Championships
- 18 of the past 20 women’s conference outdoor champions
- 11 men’s outdoor conference titles since 2002
Indoor Program Highlights
Basketball
- Seven men’s national tournament qualifiers, three Sweet 16 appearances
- 15 women’s national tournament qualifiers, five Final Four appearances
- 21 men’s conference titles
- 11 women’s conference regular season titles, seven conference tournament championships (including four straight from 2017-20, becoming the first Iowa Conference women’s basketball program to four-peat in both the regular season and tournament)
Track and Field
- Seven top-20 finishes for men at indoor nationals since 2001
- 12 top-10 finishes for women at indoor nationals since 2002
- 17 of the last 21 women’s conference indoor championships since 2003
- 11 men’s indoor conference titles since 2003
Volleyball
- 12 national tournament qualifying teams, including 2021
- 20 or more wins in 13 of last 21 years
- 10 regular season and seven tournament conference championships
- Two or more All-Conference selections in each of the last 23 years
Wrestling
- 15 national titles since 1996, 13 national duals titles since 2003
- First or second in nation in 25 of last 32 years
- 41-time conference champions, including 30 in the last 31 seasons
- Held a 220-match winning streak over current conference opponents in dual competition from 1993-2020
- Two or more individual national champions in 13 of the last 20 seasons
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Wartburg student athletes enjoy some of the best NCAA Div. III athletic facilities in the country.
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