DUTCH ATHLETICS Pella, Iowa CENTRAL
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Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf DUTCH ATHLETICS Soccer Softball Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling CENTRAL COLLEGE Pella, Iowa America’s second-winningest college football team since 1975, Central has racked up a record 30 Iowa Conference titles with 20 NCAA playoff berths. Central has posted seven top-10 national wrestling team finishes with four individual NCAA titles. Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium has a new Fieldturf surface and Daktronics video board installed in 2013, along with a new polyurethane 400-meter track. Central has earned 17 Iowa Conference volleyball titles, 11 NCAA tournament berths and three national championships. www.central.edu/athletics [2] Winner of six Iowa Conference crowns with five NCAA tournament berths, the Central women’s basketball team has had four All-Americans and won the 1993 national title. Central’s highly regarded athletic training program has produced 96 certified professionals. Central has 16 Iowa Conference men’s basketball titles and nine NCAA tourney berths. Central is the only NCAA Division III school with two full-time strength and conditioning coaches. www.central.edu/athletics [4] A consistent title contender under coach Garry Laidlaw, Central’s men’s soccer team has a 133-67-13 mark in the past 10 years. Central’s men’s and women’s soccer squads each have their own irrigated practice fields. The Central women’s soccer team is a six-time Iowa Conference tourney qualifier. Central’s new soccer competition field is considered among the best in the region. www.central.edu/athletics [6] Central captured the 2012 Iowa Conference Baseball Championship. Central has four NCAA national softball titles and made a record 25 NCAA tourney appearances. Central’s softball field has been the site of 11 NCAA tournaments, including a national final. The spacious Ron Schipper Fitness Center provides an optimal training environment. www.central.edu/athletics www.central.edu/athletics [8] The 2013 Iowa Conference indoor champion men’s track and field squad has posted nine NCAA top-10 team finishes with 14 individual national titles. Central’s men’s cross country team captured the 2012 Iowa Conference title and earned a berth in the NCAA championships. The Dutch women’s track and field team has claimed 11 individual national titles. NCAA national qualifiers in 2009 and national champions in 1981, Central’s women’s squad competes and trains on its own on-campus cross country course. www.central.edu/athletics [10] Fourteen Iowa Conference men’s tennis championships belong to the Dutch, who compete on new indoor and outdoor playing surfaces. H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse features a new Mondotrack 200-meter surface and five tennis/basketball courts. The Dutch have earned all conference Each athlete receives a sport-spefific women’s tennis honors 23 times in strength and conditioning plan. eight years. www.central.edu/athletics [12] The Dutch women’s golf team has won eight Iowa Conference titles. The Bos Landen Golf Resort is Central’s home course and carries a four-star rating from Golf Digest. Central’s men’s golf team won a record 31st conference title in 2013 while earning its 32nd NCAA berth, placing 12th. Central’s Ryerson Golf Practice Range features two putting greens, practice bunkers and 20 tee boxes. www.central.edu/athletics [14] TRADITION IS CENTRAL 11 NCAA Division III team championships 31 NCAA Division III individual championships 160 Iowa Conference titles More than 400 All-American citations www.central.edu/athletics NCAA Division III With nearly 450 colleges and universities, Division III is the NCAA’s largest division. Division III offers an intense and competitive athletics environment for student-athletes who play without the obligation of an athletics scholarship, enabling them to experience all aspects of campus life. Toll-free: 877-462-3687 812 University Street [email protected] 641-628-7616 Pella, Iowa 50219 www.central.edu.