Endowed Funds
Endowed funds help create and sustain distinctive teaching and learning activities in a variety of areas across Wartburg’s campus, supporting students, faculty, and extracurricular activities. Endowed funds are administered by the college in accordance with applicable laws and guidelines set forth by the Board of Regents.
Endowed Funds
The Knights Legacy Circle endowment funds provide sustaining support for Wartburg Athletics and recognize those who provide gifts or pledges of $5,000 or more to new or existing endowment funds. Whether benefitting a specific sport or the overall athletic program, these gifts honor the spirit of our alumni, parents, friends, and fans, while helping ensure the Knights’ future success. Members who provide gifts or pledges of $100,000 or more may create a named endowment fund and designate use of those funds.
The generosity of June Rickhoff Mehlhaus ’61 led to the establishment of the Knights Legacy Circle. In 2011-12, she created the John Mehlhaus ’62 Memorial Endowment Fund in honor of her late husband, who played basketball for the Knights, and their daughter, Jody Mehlhaus Eubank ’87, who played on the Wartburg volleyball team.
Current Knights Legacy Circle Funds
| Fund Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Fund Name: John Mehlhaus Memorial Endowment Fund-Knights Legacy Circle | Description: Supports the men’s basketball program, in part through defrayed travel costs, and enabled the creation of the Knights’ Legacy Circle |
| Track & Field Program Endowed Fund | Description: Supports the men’s and women’s track and field program |
| Fund Name: Volleyball Endowment Fund | Description: Supports the women’s volleyball program |
| Fund Name: Steve and Jennifer Walker Women’s Volleyball Endowment Fund | Supports operations for the women’s volleyball program |
| Fund Name: Dick Walker Wrestling Endowed Fund | Description: Supports operations for the wrestling program |
| Fund Name: Softball Endowment Fund | Description: Supports operations for the women’s softball program |
| Fund Name: Wrestling Program Endowed Fund | Description: Supports the Knights’ intercollegiate wrestling program |
| Fund Name: John Kurtt Cross Country Endowment Fund | Description: Supports the cross country program |
| Fund Name: Doug Stulken Basketball Endowment Fund | Description: Supports the men’s basketball program |
| Fund Name: Bill Hamm Spirit of Wartburg College Fund | Description: Supports uniting the Wartburg Community through athletics |
| Fund Name: Lee Bondhus Football Fund | Description: Supports the football program |
| Fund Name: Lynes/Koob Athletic Award | Description: Supports an annual award for the outstanding senior player |
| Fund Name: Men’s Basketball Endowed Fund | Description: Supports the men’s basketball program |