General | 5/20/2026 12:04:00 PM
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – For the 22nd consecutive 12 months, Wartburg College claimed the Combined All-Sports Championship Trophy, awarded to the convention’s prime general athletic program, introduced by the American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) at this time.
The Knights additionally captured their 15th Triple Crown, highlighted by Wartburg’s twentieth Marjorie Giles Women’s All-Sports Trophy and twenty seventh Elmer Hertel Men’s All-Sports Trophy, whereas totaling 12 mixed convention championships on the 12 months.
Wartburg has gained or shared all 22 of the convention Combined All-Sports Trophies, which started in 2002-03.
Marjorie Giles Women’s All-Sports Trophy
| School | Points | Place |
| Wartburg College | 70.5 | 1st |
| Central College | 53.0 | 2nd |
| University of Dubuque | 51.7 | third |
| Simpson College | 47.5 | 4th |
| Loras College | 46.5 | fifth |
| Luther College | 43.3 | Sixth |
| Coe College | 42.3 | seventh |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 35.8 | eighth |
| Buena Vista University | 27.4 | ninth |
The Wartburg College Knights defended the Marjorie Giles Women’s All-Sports Trophy throughout the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months. The Knights compiled 70.5 factors whereas profitable championships in cross nation, basketball, wrestling, indoor observe & discipline, softball, and out of doors observe & discipline. Central earns runner-up honors with 53.0 factors this tutorial 12 months. In third placewith 51.7 factors is the University of Dubuque Spartans. Finishing in fourth place in Simpson College with 47.5 factors. Fifth place belongs to Loras College with 46.5 factors. Luther completed sixth within the standings with 43.3 factors. Coe, Nebraska Wesleyan, and Buena Vista spherical out the standings for the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months.
Wartburg leads all faculties with 20 complete trophies. Central and Luther personal a convention second-best with ten. Simpson has gained 4 trophies and Loras owns one.
Elmer Hertel Men’s All-Sports Trophy
| School | Points | Place |
| Wartburg | 66.5 | 1st |
| Loras College | 57.9 | 2nd |
| Central College | 53.3 | third |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 49.3 | 4th |
| Luther College | 47.5 | fifth |
| Coe College | 47.0 | Sixth |
| University of Dubuque | 41.0 | seventh |
| Simpson College | 36.5 | eighth |
| Buena Vista University | 21.0 | ninth |
The Wartburg Knights proceed to defend the Elmer Hertel Men’s All-Sports Trophy. Wartburg is gathering the college’s twenty seventh Elmer Hertel Men’s Trophy with 66.5 factors. The Knights claimed fall championships in cross nation, soccer, and soccer, whereas additionally choosing up winter championships in wrestling and indoor observe & discipline. In the spring, Wartburg claimed the out of doors observe & discipline title. Standing behind the Knights with 66.5 factors was the Loras College Duhawks. The Central College Dutch totaled 53.3 factors to take a seat in third. The Prairie Wolves of Nebraska Wesleyan completed in fourth wtih 49.3 factors. In fifth place with 47.5 factors was the Luther College Norse. Coe got here in sixth with 47.0 factors and in seventh is the University of Dubuque with 41.0 factors. Simpson and Buena Vista spherical out the standings for the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months.
At the conclusion of the 2025-26 sport seasons, Wartburg earned this system’s twenty seventh Elmer Hertel Trophy. Central has gained the trophy 15 occasions whereas Luther owns 11 trophies, Loras with three, and Simpson with one.
Combined All-Sports Trophy
| School | Points | Place |
| Wartburg College | 18 | 1st |
| Central College | 15 | 2nd |
| Loras College | 13 | third |
| University of Dubuque | 10 | 4th |
| Luther College | 9 | fifth |
| Nebraska Wesleyan University | 9 | T-Sixth |
| Simpson College | 9 | T-Sixth |
| Coe College | 7 | eighth |
| Buena Vista University | 2 | ninth |
With all 23 American Rivers Conference Championships determined, Wartburg College claims their 22nd consecutive All-Sports Trophy with 18 factors. Wartburg captured 12 league championships. With 15 factors, Central earned second on this 12 months’s standings. Loras College is choosing up third with 13 factors on this 12 months’s All-Sports standings. With 10 factors within the last standings, the University of Dubuque. Luther completed with 9 factors to face in fifth whereas Nebraska Wesleyan and Simpson totaled 9 factors to complete tied for sixth. Simpson, Coe, and Buena Vista spherical out the All-Sports Trophy Standings for the 2025-26 tutorial 12 months.
Wartburg has gained or shared all 22 of the convention Combined All-Sports Trophies, which started in 2002-03. Luther shared the All-Sports Trophy with Wartburg in 2010-11 and 2011-12.
About the Trophies
Each faculty’s end in every sport is decided and given a numerical value by inverting the end (i.e. first place is value 9 factors, second place is value eight factors, third place is value seven factors, and many others). In case of ties, the price of all locations concerned are totaled and divided by the variety of groups in that tie. Each faculty’s end in all sports activities is then totaled, and the college with the biggest variety of factors shall be awarded the respective Championship Trophy. The Marjorie Giles Women’s All-Sports Trophy, first awarded in 1982-83 (on the time named the Women’s Sports Championship Trophy), is offered yearly to the Conference member that accumulates probably the most factors in girls’s sports activities. The Elmer Hertel Men’s All-Sports Trophy was first awarded in 1970-71 (at the moment named the Men’s Sports Championship Trophy) and offered to the Conference member that accumulates probably the most factors in males’s sports activities. The faculty displaying general excellence in males’s and girls’s sports activities is awarded the American Rivers Conference All-Sports Championship Trophy.
Marjorie Giles is a former Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) from Central College serving from 1981-98. During her tenure as a FAR, she participated in writing of the Conference Constitution to incorporate girls’s athletics and to determine girls’s Championships. She was the primary feminine to function President of the Conference and was actively concerned with the NCAA serving on a number of committees and on the Management Council.
The Elmer Hertel Men’s Sports Championship Trophy was renamed in 1981 to honor the previous Wartburg College coach. Dr. Hertel served because the Conference secretary-treasurer from 1944-1981.