Wartburg Knights baseball
The Wartburg Knights baseball program represents Wartburg College in college baseball. The program started in 1958. The team competes in the NCAA Division III and a member of the American Rivers Conference (ARC). The team plays its home games at Harms Stadium at Hertel field in Waverly, Iowa. History

The Wartburg Knights baseball team played its first season in 1958, with its first game coming against Iowa Wesleyan. The program rose to national relevance in the late 1990s, early 2000s when Joel Holst was hired in 1996. During that time the Knights won 12 straight conference regular season championships and appeared in the college world series on two occasions (2000, 2005). During the 2005 College World Series the Knights played in two games that set records; the first was the longest game in series history in terms of innings, when they defeated Rowan College in 16 innings 8–6 and then played in the shortest game in series history when they lost to SUNY Cortland 5–0 in 1 hour and 52 minutes. The program has won a conference leading 22 conference championships, the most recent coming 2017 when they won three straight IIAC titles. Joel Holst resigned from his head coaching position prior to the 2023 season. Following his resignation, Casey Chaplin was named interim head coach for the 2023 baseball season. Following the 2023 season, Casey Klunder, was tabbed as the fifth head coach in program history. Record by year
This is a table of the Wartburg Knights record year-by-year. Head coaching history 

As of the completion of 2023 season

† Casey Chaplin served as the interim head coach for the 1 season following the departure of Joel Holst. American Rivers Conference tournaments
Wartburg has made 28 appearances in the American Rivers Conference tournament and 19 appearances in the tournament championship game; both of which is the most in tournament history. They appeared in 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2023. They have an overall record of 65–38–0, with 10 championships, the last in 2017. References

External links

Official website