Entering the final week of the 2026 men's lacrosse season, Clarke University junior Theo Deberghes was named Third Team All-America by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) on Sunday evening. The announcement came at the national honors banquet for men's lacrosse prior to the start of the national championship tournament taking place in Decatur, Ala. from Tuesday, May 12 with the championship game to take place on Sunday, May 16.
Closing out what will easily be considered the best season in program history, the Clarke University women's golf team finished the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship as the Team Runner-Up with their final three-round score of 988 strokes at the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex Outlaw Course on Monday and Tuesday.
The NAIA released their final season's Scholar-Athletes as the spring 2026 honorees were announced last week, with 30 members of the Clarke University baseball, golf, softball, track and field, and men's volleyball teams earning the recognition.
Nearing the end of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament, the Clarke University baseball team learned of three members selected as postseason award winners by the conference on Sunday morning.
A day following their first elimination game win at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament since 2022, the Clarke University baseball team earned another victory in the loser's bracket over Central Methodist University by an 8-7 final score before dropping their second game of the day to Mount Mercy University 9-5 to suffer their elimination from the tournament on Saturday night.
In the final full team competition of the 2025-26 season, the Clarke University track and field team produced medals in four events as well as earning All Conference finishes in nine other events on Friday and Saturday at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.
As the 2026 postseason progresses in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, Clarke men's lacrosse junior Theo Deberghes was named an All-Heart First Team selection announced by conference officials on Saturday morning. Deberghes joined the Pride as a transfer from Adams State University prior to the start of the 2025-26 school year and impressed in his first season in Dubuque as the starting long stick midfielder for CU's 2026 squad leading the team in caused turnovers and ground balls.
Playing in the first win or go home game of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament, the Clarke University baseball earned a resounding 13-1 win over Peru State College on Friday morning at the Ozark Sports Complex.
As the first day of the Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament gets underway, the Clarke University softball team had three members of their team named as All Conference honorees on Thursday afternoon.
Taking their second trip to the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex this season, the Clarke University men's golf team closed out their 2025-26 campaign with a 10th place finish at the Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship on Tuesday.
In the final full week of April, the Clarke University track and field teams competed at the Drake Relays, Grand View Viking Classic, and Augie Alternative in Des Moines, Iowa and Rock Island, Ill. this on Friday and Saturday.
On the final day of the 2026 regular season, the Clarke University softball team was unable to produce a win in their doubleheader at Grand View University on Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, suffering 7-3 and 5-2 losses to the Vikings.
