General | 6/1/2022 4:53:00 PM

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—Following the conclusion of the regular season, the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) has announced the recipients of the leagues All-Sport Trophies. For the 18^th straight year, Wartburg College found itself on top of the of the A-R-C Combined All-Sports Championship Trophy.  
 
The All-Sports trophy recognizes the league's top overall program. The Knights also swept the Marjorie Giles Women's All-Sports Championship Trophy for the 17th time in school history and the Elmer Hertel Men's All-Sports Championship Trophy for the 22nd time. 

The Knights collected a conference championship in women's outdoor track and a second-place finish in men's outdoor track. The Knights softball squad finished in third in the regular season standings before winning the A-R-C tournament to clinch the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.  
 
The Elmer Hertel Men's All-Sport Trophy went to Wartburg after collecting 60 points over the course of the calendar year. The Knights claimed conference championships in cross country and wrestling, while finishing up in second place in football and indoor and outdoor track and field.  
 
The Knights women claimed the Marjorie Giles Women's All-Sport Trophy after winning outdoor track and field championships. The Knights claimed fall championships in cross country and volleyball, while earning runner-up status in soccer, basketball, and indoor track and field.  
 
Each school's finish in each sport is determined and given a numerical worth by inverting the finish (i.e. first place is worth nine points, second place is worth eight points, third place is worth seven points, etc). In case of ties, the worth of all places involved are totaled and divided by the number of teams in that tie. Each school's finish in all sports is then totaled, and the school with the largest number of points shall be awarded the respective Championship Trophy. The Marjorie Giles Women's All-Sports Trophy, first awarded in 1982-83 (at the time named the Women's Sports Championship Trophy), is presented annually to the Conference member that accumulates the most points in women's sports. The Elmer Hertel Men's All-Sports Trophy was first awarded in 1970-71 (at that time named the Men's Sports Championship Trophy) and presented to the Conference member that accumulates the most points in men's sports. The school displaying overall excellence in men's and women's sports is awarded the American Rivers Conference All-Sports Championship Trophy. 
 
The All-Sports Trophies were last presented in the 2018-19 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.