Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf DUTCH ATHLETICS Soccer Softball Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Wrestling CENTRAL COLLEGE Pella, Iowa America’s third-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 Central has earned 17 Iowa national wrestling team finishes Conference volleyball titles, 11 with four individual NCAA titles. NCAA tournament berths and three national championships. Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium has a new Fieldturf surface and Daktronics video board, along with a polyurethane 400-meter track. Central has posted seven top-10 national wrestling team finishes with two All-Americans in 2015. www.central.edu/athletics [2] Central won its 17th Iowa Conference men’s basketball title in 2014 and gained its 10th NCAA tourney berth. 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 is the only NCAA Division III school with two full-time strength and conditioning coaches. www.central.edu/athletics [4] The rising Central women’s soccer team cracked the NCAA regional rankings and reached the Iowa Conference tourney finals. Central’s men’s and women’s soccer squads each have their own irrigated practice fields. A consistent title contender under coach Garry Laidlaw, Central’s men’s soccer team has a 147-89-14 mark in the past 13 years. Central’s soccer competition field is considered among the best in the region and new stadium seating was added in 2014. www.central.edu/athletics [6] Central has won 122 baseball games over the past five years, along with an Iowa Conference title. Central has four NCAA national softball titles with a record 27 NCAA tourney appearances. Central’s softball field has been the site of 13 NCAA tournaments, including a national final. The spacious Ron Schipper Fitness Center provides an optimal training environment. www.central.edu/athletics [8] Since 2009, Central has won nine indoor and outdoor conference men’s track and field team titles with six individual NCAA championships. The Central women’s cross country team, which competes and trains on its own on-campus course, has won an NCAA national championship. The Dutch women’s track and field team has claimed 11 individual national titles. Central’s men’s cross country team has made three straight top-12 NCAA national meet team finishes. 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 women’s tennis honors Each athlete receives an individualized 27 times in 10 years. strength and conditioning plan. www.central.edu/athletics [12] Central’s men’s golf team has won a record 32 Iowa Conference crowns while earning 33 NCAA tourney berths. The Bos Landen Golf Club is Central’s home course and carries a four-star rating from Golf Digest. The Dutch women’s golf team has won eight Iowa Conference titles. Central’s Ryerson Golf Practice Range features two chipping 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 165 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. 877-462-3687 812 University Street [email protected] 641-628-7616 Pella, Iowa 50219 www.central.edu.