Wartburg Knights

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| name = Wartburg Knights

| logo = Wartburg Knights logo.svg

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| college = Wartburg College

| conference = American Rivers Conference

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| association = NCAA

| division = Division III

| director = John Cochrane

| location = Waverly, IA

| teams = 27

| ncaa titles = 24

| stadium = Walston-Hoover Stadium

| basketballarena = Levick Arena

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| baseballfield = Harms Stadium at Hertel Field

| softballstadium = Lynes Field

| soccerstadium = Salzwedel Field

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| natatorium =

| tenniscourt = Meirink Family Tennis Facility

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| golfcourse = Prairie Links Golf Course

| trackvenue = Hoover Fieldhouse

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| mascot = Sir Victor

| nickname = Knights

| fightsong = U RAH RAH RAH!

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| color1 = Orange

| color2 = Black{{cite web|url=http://vip.wartburg.edu/docs/brandguidelines.pdf|title=Brand Guidelines|publisher=Wartburg College|access-date=March 19, 2023}}

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| pageurl = https://go-knights.net/

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The Wartburg Knights are the athletic teams that represent Wartburg College, located in Waverly, Iowa. The Knights have varsity teams in 27 sports, 13 for men and 14 for women. The teams participate in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and are members of the American Rivers Conference. Currently, the school's athletic director is John Cochrane.

Wartburg has had a strong history in athletics at the Division III level. The Knights wrestling team has an NCAA Division III leading 15 national championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/wrestling/d3|title=DIII Wrestling Championship History | NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}} The Knights also have multiple national championships in both women's indoor track and field(3) and women's outdoor track and field(5), with men's track and field winning one in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://go-knights.net/sports/2020/9/2/wartburg-national-championships.aspx|title=Wartburg National Championships|website=Wartburg College Athletics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2014/05/24/iowa-scene-wartburg-womens-track-wins-d-iii-meet-dmacc-softball/9559483/|title=Iowa Scene: Wartburg women’s track wins D-III meet, DMACC softball|first=Register news|last=services|website=The Des Moines Register}} The Knights made history in the spring of 2012 when they became the first and only school to win two national titles in one day when both wrestling and women's indoor track and field won.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/wartburg-college-doubles-its-pleasure/|title=For Wartburg College, Titles Are Twice as Nice|first=Greg|last=Bishop|date=March 14, 2012|website=The Quad}} In basketball, the Wartburg women have reached the NCAA Final Four on three occasions, most recently in 2024. The men's team has made the Elite Eight once and the Sweet Sixteen on three separate occasions, most recently in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/sports/college/college-mens-basketball-wartburg-on-to-sweet-16-76-43/article_28579052-5143-55f7-afcf-402dce1f48a2.html|title=College men's basketball: Wartburg on to Sweet 16, 76-43|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier}} The baseball team has reached the College World Series twice, most recently in 2005. Wartburg's softball team has played in the Women's College World Series once, in 2003.

In the spring of 2024, Wartburg secured their 20th straight American Rivers Conference all-sports trophy.https://rollrivers.com/news/2023/5/25/baseball-wartburg-sweeps-american-rivers-conference-all-sports-trophies-for-the-2022-23-year.aspx The Knights have won the trophy every year since its inception in 2003. They also won the men's all-sports trophy for the 25th time and have won the women's all sports trophy 18 times.