Wartburg National Championships

Wartburg athletics has a rich history of success that includes 25 team national championships since 1996 in outdoor and indoor track & field, and wrestling. There also has been 89 outstanding student-athletes that have gone on to win 107 individual national championships in their respective sports dating back to 1989.

In 2012, Wartburg made NCAA history as the Knights won two NCAA National Championships in two different sports (women's indoor track and field and wrestling) on the same day on March 10, 2012. No other school in any of the three NCAA divisions has ever accomplished this.

In addition to the national championships, there has been storied success with a wide variety of athletic programs at Wartburg since the 2010 season. The football team has reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Playoffs twice and the Sweet 16 four times, while men's soccer has earned two Sweet 16 births and the men's basketball program has reached the same plateau once. On the women's side, the basketball program has recorded two Final Fours and an Elite Eight appearance and the soccer team earned one Sweet 16 birth.

Team National Championships
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (1)

2021 - Men, 54 pts.

Women's Indoor Track and Field (3)

Women's Outdoor Track and Field (5)

Wrestling (16)

Individual National Championships
Cross Country (2 athletes, 5 championships)

2004 - Missy Buttry
2004 - Josh Moen
2003 - Missy Buttry
2003 - Josh Moen
2002- Missy Buttry

Indoor Track and Field (22 athletes, 18 championships)

2014 - Colt Feltes, shot put
2014 - Tashina McAllister, 60-meter hurdles
2012 - Jonas Elusme, long jump
2012 - Nevada Morrison, 400-meter run
2012 - Skye Morrison, long jump
2012 - Laura Sigmund, 5,000-meter run
2012 - Skye Morrison, Faith Burt, Kendra Kregel, Nevada Morrison, 4x400-meter relay
2011 - Faith Burt, Brittany Melloy, Kendra Kregel and Nevada Morrison, 4x400-meter relay
2010 - Skye Morrison, long jump
2010 - Nevada Morrison, Chelsey Jacobs, Jenny Kordick, Faith Burt, 4x400-meter relay
2009 - Akeya Aimable, triple jump
2009 - Hannah Baker, Kelsey Steffens, Nevada Morrison, Chelsey Jacobs, 4x400-meter relay
2005 - Bridget Burns, 400-meter run
2005 - Missy Buttry, mile run
2005 - Jill Wagaman, Lindsay Albertsen, Heidi Porter, Missy Buttry, distance medley relay
2003 - Missy Buttry, 1,500-meter run
2003 - Missy Buttry, Jannae Holubar, Abby Tiernan, Deanna Olson, distance medley relay
2002 - Missy Buttry, 1,500-meter run

Outdoor Track and Field (28 athletes, 36 championships)

2025: Emma True, hammer throw
2023: Aubrie Fisher, 3.000m steeplechase
2022- Dallas Wright, 400m hurdles; Christopher Collet, 3,000m steeplechase
2021 - Aubrie Fisher, 3,000m steeplechase
2019 - Dallas Wright, 400-meter hurdles
2014 - Libbey Schubert, 200-meter dash
2012 - Nevada Morrison, 400-meter run
2012 - Alana Enabnit, 5,000-meter run
2012 - Alana Enabnit, 10,000-meter run
2012 - Skye Morrison, long jump
2012 - Skye Morrison, Faith Burt, Kendra Kregel, Nevada Morrison, 4x400-meter relay
2011 - Jonas Elusme, high jump
2011 - Nevada Morrison, 400-meter run
2011 - Skye Morrison, Nevada Morrison, Brittany Melloy, Kendra Kregel, 4x400-meter relay
2010 - Nevada Morrison, Jenny Kordick, Chelsey Jacobs and Hannah Baker, 4x400-meter relay
2009 - Akeya Aimable, triple jump
2009 - Nevada Morrison, Jenny Kordick, Kelsey Steffens, and Faith Burt, 4x100-meter relay
2009 - Nevada Morrison, Chelsey Jacobs, Jenny Kordick and Hannah Baker, 4x400-meter relay
2008 - Andy Hodge, 1,500-meter run
2008 - Jenny Kordick, Kelsey Steffens, Chelsey Jacobs, and Hannah Baker, 4x400-meter relay
2007 - Heidi Porter, 800-meter run
2007 - Bridget Burns, Amy Koester, Chelsey Jacobs, and Hannah Baker, 4x400-meter relay
2005 - Josh Moen, 5,000-meter run
2005 - Josh Moen, 10,000-meter run
2005 - Missy Buttry, 1,500-meter run
2005 - Missy Buttry, 5,000-meter run
2004 - Josh Moen, 5,000-meter run
2004 - Missy Buttry, 5,000-meter run
2004 - Dia Dohlman, javelin
2003 - Missy Buttry, 1,500-meter run
2003 - Missy Buttry, 5,000-meter run
2002 - Missy Buttry, 1,500-meter run
2001 - Miradieu Joseph, 400-meter hurdles
2001 - Dia Dohlman, javelin
1998 - Trina Steines, 800-meter run

Wrestling (40 athletes, 54 championships)
Record is 4 in one year: 2004 & 2012 (also ties NCAA DIII record)

2025 - Massoma Endene, 197
2025 - Mitchell Williamson, 285
2024 - Massoma Endene, 197
2023 - Zane Mulder, 174
2023 - Massoma Endene, 197
2021 - Kyle Briggs, 174 (NWCA)
2021 - David Hollingsworth, 157 (NWCA)
2018 - Brock Rathbun, 133
2018 - Cross Cannone, 149
2018 - Kyle Fank, 197
2017 - Eric DeVos, 174
2016 - Kenny Martin, 149
2015 - Kenny Martin, 149
2014 - Kenny Anderson, 133
2014 - Cole Welter, 165
2014 - Landon Williams, 174
2013 - Kenny Anderson, 133
2012 - Kenny Anderson, 125
2012 - Kodie Silvestri, 141
2012 - Landon Williams, 165
2012 - Byron Tate, 197
2011 - Byron Tate, 197
2011 - John Helgerson, HWT
2010 - Byron Tate, 197
2009 - Aaron Wernimont, 157
2009 - Justin Hanson, 165
2008 - Jacob Naig, 149
2008 - Aaron Wernimont, 157
2008 - Romeo Djoumessi, 184
2007 - TJ Miller, 197
2007 - Blake Gillis, HWT
2006 - Tyler Hubbard, 125
2006 - Dustin Hinschberger, 141
2005 - Dustin Hinschberger, 141
2005 - Akeem Carter, 197
2004 - Dustin Hinschberger, 141
2004 - Bart Mehlert, 149
2004 - Ryan Sturm, 184
2004 - Akeem Carter, 197
2003 - Heath Ropp, 125
2003 - Wil Kelly, 141
2003 - LeRoy Gardner III, 285
2000 - Zac Weiglein, 125
1999 - Zac Weiglein, 125
1999 - Ben Shane, 149
1998 - Ben Shane, 142
1997 - Tom Smith, 126
1997 - Dusty Rhodes, 134
1996 - Tom Smith, 126
1996 - Jamal Fox, 142
1994 - Zane Braggs, 118
1993 - Tom Hogan, 150
1993 - Lance Christensen, 167
1989 - Dean Gavin, 190