Simpson Soccer Camps
Camp Staff

Ryan Sander
Head Women's Soccer Coach

Sander enters his second season as the head women's soccer coach at Simpson in 2011.
 
In his first year on the sidelines, Sander led the squad to a 7-11-1 record, advancing to the Iowa Conference Tournament.
 
Sander became the fourth head coach in program history on Dec. 11, 2009 after a successful stint at Waukee High School. Serving as head coach from 2002 to 2009, Sander coached the Warriors to Iowa State Tournament appearances in seven of his eight years at the helm. His teams finished lower than second in the CIML-Iowa only once, capturing a conference championship in 2004. Waukee advanced to the state regional semifinals in 2007 and 2008, made the regional finals in 2009 and finished as the state runner-up in 2002.
 
In addition to his coaching duties at Waukee, Sander was a member of the Iowa Olympic Development camp staff. He also served in a number of capacities at the Vision Soccer Academy in Waukee since 2004, including Director of Curriculum and Player Development for the U-8 and U-10 boys from 2006-2008. Most recently, he held the head coaching position for the U-12 girls. From 2002-2004 Sander was a head coach in the Ames Soccer Academy.
 
As a player, Sander was a member of the Iowa State University Club Team from 1999-2004 and an All-Midwest Classic Conference honorable mention selection as a sweeper for St. Ambrose University in 1998. A four-time all-conference honoree as a prep at Dallas Center-Grimes High School, Sander earned first team all-conference recognition as a forward in 1997-98, adding first team all-state honors in 1998.
 
Sander graduated from Iowa State in 2004 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior design. From 2005-2009, he was a construction project manager at Wells Fargo Financial.

Whitney Franker
Assistant Women's Soccer Coach  

The 2011 season marks Whitney Franker's third as an assistant women's soccer coach, focusing mainly on the goalkeepers. As a student-athlete at Simpson, Franker was an all-conference performer as a goalkeeper for the Storm, graduating in 2009. She holds school records in career wins and saves and led Simpson to an Iowa Conference Championship in 2006. Franker is also an assistant women's basketball coach for the Storm.