Wartburg Second At D3 Championships, Martin Champion

The Wartburg Knights wrestling team finished as the National Runner-Up at the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships on Saturday, March 14, 2015. Knights' wrestler Kenny Martin was crowned as a national champion.

Augsburg (MN) claimed the championship with 100.0 points, its eighth national title scoring 100 or more points. Wartburg finished second with 89.5 points, while Wabash (IN) was third with 66.5 points, Wisconsin-Whitewater (WI) was fourth with 60.5 points and Delaware Valley (PA) was fifth with 58.5 points.

The streak of either Wartburg or Augsburg winning the national title since 1995 continues. Wartburg has been the National Champion or the National Runner-Up in 16 of the last 19 years.

Wrestling at 149#, No. 4 seed Kenneth Martin (30-3) of Wartburg scored two early takedowns and kept his No. 3 Vincent Fava (26-3) of Delaware Valley at bay en route to an 8-3 victory.

Wartburg finishes with seven other All-Americans, eight total. That is the most since 2012, when the Knights also had eight All-Americans. Wartburg has had multiple All-Americans each year since 1991.