WAVERLY, Iowa – Women's basketball closed the 2024-25 season with an overall record of 26-3 and a second-straight 16-0 record in American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) play under head coach Bob Amsberry in his 19^th season with Wartburg.

The Knights clinched their 12^th regular season title after going undefeated in conference play for just the fourth time in program history. The postseason got underway with a win over Luther College in the semifinals of the A-R-C Tournament before defeating Coe College for a third time during the 2024-25 season in the A-R-C title game. The A-R-C Tournament championship is the sixth in program history and gave the Knights an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Wartburg traveled to St. Peter, Minn. for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, where in round one the Knights defeated the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 57-56. The postseason run ended in round two when the host school No. 5/6 Gustavus College defeated the Knights 56-50. The NCAA Tournament run marked the ninth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance for Wartburg. The Knights closed the season ranked 10th in the Womens Basketball Coaches Associaton (WBCA) national poll and 16th in the D3hoops.com national poll.
 
Conference Honors
Defensive Player of the Year: Sara Faber; Coach of the Year: Bob Amsberry; First Team: Sara Faber, Jaedon Murphy and Lauren Woeste; Honorable Mention: Britney Young
 
Academic Honors
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District: Sara Faber, Jaedon Murphy Lauren Woeste and Britney Young

Academic All-Conference: Lauren Donlea, Sara Faber, Lauren Golinghorst, Tatum Grubbs, Grace Hennessy, Brooke Meeks, Jaedon Murphy, Jenna Saunders, Faith Trelka, Ava Trettin, Maggie Wilkins, Lauren Woeste and Britney Young (13)
 
Regional/National Honors
Murphy earned First Team All-Region honors in Region IX from d3hoops.com. The fifth-year senior was also named a Fifth Team All-American by D3hoops.com for a second-straight season.
 
Woeste earned her first career All-Region honor with a Third Team All-Region selection from D3hoops.com.
 
Team Record (Season)

• Scoring Defense
  • 53.7 points per game – Second all time
• Blocked Shots
  • 123 – Third all time
• Free Throw Percentage
  • 75.4% - Third all time
• Field Goal Percentage Allowed
  • 35.9% - Fourth all time
• Steals
  • 307 – Seventh all time
• Rebounds
  • 1,134 – Tied for eighth all time
• Three Pointers Made
  • 220 – Ninth all time
• Assists
  • 474 – Ninth all time

 
Individual Records (Season)

• Sara Faber
  • 86 steals – First all time
  • 107 assists – 10^th all time
• Jaedon Murphy
  • 48 blocked shots – Third all time
  • 446 points – Tied for 10^th all time
• Lauren Woeste
  • 63.6% field goal percentage – Seventh all time

 
Individual Records (Career)

• Sara Faber
  • 252 steals – First all time
  • 134 games played – First all time
  • 350 free throws made – Fourth all time
  • 213 three pointers made – Fifth all time
  • 326 assists – Fifth all time
  • 1,641 points scored – Sixth all time
  • 539 field goals made – Eighth all time
  • .771 free throw percentage – Tied for ninth all time
• Jaedon Murphy
  • 1,921 points – Second all time
  • 167 blocked shots – Second all time
  • 702 field goals made – Second all time
  • 133 games played – Second all time
  • 243 three pointers – Third all time
  • 808 rebounds – Fifth all time
  • 274 free throws made – Seventh all time
  • 14.4 career points per game – Eighth all time
• Lauren Woeste
  • 63.7% career field goal percentage – Second all time
• Britney Young
  • 275 made three pointers – First all time
  • 130 games played – Fourth all time
  • 384 assists – Fourth all time
  • 181 steals – Eighth all time