Nike Soccer Camp at Portland State University

In 2018, Burton led the Vikings to a 5-10-1 overall record. Portland State missed the Big Sky tournament by just one position following a 3-5-1 conference season. Burton helped lead Krystal de Ramos to a single-season record for shots on goal percentage and a spot on the All-Big Sky honorable mention.

Burton led the Vikings back to the Big Sky tournament after a two-year absence in her first season at the helm. Burton and the Vikings finished fourth in the Big Sky at 5-4-1 in conference play, and 9-10-1 overall. Additionally, Burton led the Vikings to their first win at the Big Sky tournament since 2013, with a 1-0 win over Northern Arizona - a team they had never beaten in the Big Sky tournament previously - in the Big Sky quarterfinals.

Burton led four individuals to All-Big Sky honors as Katie Forsee and Kristin Moyer made the All-Big Sky second team, while Liz Hansen and Morgan Matthews received All-Big Sky honorable mention.

Burton came to the Vikings after spending the last two seasons as the associate head coach at Sacramento State, where she helped lead a program turnaround. The Hornets hadn’t made the Big Sky tournament in four seasons before Burton’s arrival, but broke that streak with a Big Sky tournament appearance in Burton’s first year in 2015.

Burton then helped lead the Hornets to a second-place finish within the Big Sky in 2016, when they clinched the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the Big Sky tournament with a 2-1 win over the Vikings in both teams’ regular-season finale.

Burton cut her teeth as an assistant coach at the University of San Francisco from 2011-14, where she again helped lead a program turnaround. The Dons hadn’t finished better than seventh in the nationally respected West Coast Conference in the previous five seasons to Burton’s arrival. However, Burton helped lead USF to two top six finishes in the WCC in her four years at the school, and laid the groundwork for the Dons’ record-breaking season in 2015, when the team set program records for best WCC finish (T-2nd), most WCC wins (7) and best WCC record (7-2-0).

Burton’s first coaching stop came at UNLV, where she spent a year-and-a-half as an assistant coach/camp director/director of operations for both the men’s and women’s soccer programs from 2010-11.

As a player at Sacramento State, Burton helped lead the Hornets to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2007. Burton and the Hornets swept the Big Sky regular-season and tournament titles that season, and finished with an unbeaten conference record at 4-0-3.

Burton was a three-time All-Big Sky selection as a player (2003, 2006, 2007), including an All-Big Sky first-team selection as a senior in 2007.

Whitney helped lead the Vikings back to the Big Sky tournament after a two-year absence during the 2017 season, as the Vikings finished fourth in the Big Sky at 5-4-1 in conference play and 9-10-1 overall. The Vikings also won their first match at the Big Sky tournament since 2013, with a 1-0 win over Northern Arizona - a team they had never beaten in the Big Sky tournament previously - in the Big Sky quarterfinals.

Additionally, Whitney helped lead four individuals to All-Big Sky honors in 2017, as Katie Forsee and Kristin Moyer made the All-Big Sky second team, while Liz Hansen and Morgan Matthews received All-Big Sky honorable mention.

In 2018, Whitney helped Krystal de Ramos to an All-Big Sky honorable mention after scoring four goals and setting a program record with a .714 shots-on goal percentage. The team overall finished 5-10-1 and 3-5-1 in conference play, missing out on the conference tournament by one place.

Like Burton and fellow Viking assistant Jenny Lawrence, Whitney came to the Vikings after playing and coaching at Sacramento State. Whitney played soccer and softball at Sacramento State from 1998-99, and coached as an assistant with the Hornets across two stints from 2000-03 and 2007-10. Whitney coached both Burton and Lawrence as players, including in 2007, when the Hornets swept the Big Sky regular-season and tournament titles, and made their first NCAA tournament appearance.

Whitney brings a wealth of post-collegiate playing experience to her role at Portland State, having spent parts of the past 16 years with the California Storm of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL). Whitney played for the Storm for over a decade starting in 2001, and spent two different stints as a player-coach and assistant from 2005-09 and 2015-17.

Whitney won two WPSL championships with the Storm in 2002 and 2004, the latter of which she won with former Portland State head coach Laura Schott. Whitney was named the WPSL MVP the following year in 2005, and captained the Storm for 10 consecutive seasons. Additionally, Whitney was named a WPSL All-Star four times (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), and won the 2012 WPSL Leadership Award.

Whitney played with several national team players during her time with the Storm, including Brandi Chastain (U.S.), Sissi (Brazil), Leslie Osborne (U.S.), Stephanie Cox (U.S.), Shannon MacMillan (U.S.) and current USWNT star Alex Morgan.

Whitney was also called into camp for the San Jose CyberRays of the professional Women’s United Soccer Association, but the league folded a month later. Whitney was twice called up to Sky Blue FC during the 2008-09 season when the team played in the WPS, but turned down both call-ups to stay as an assistant at Sacramento State.

In college, Whitney was a three-sport athlete at Walla Walla Community College for two years, playing soccer, basketball and softball before moving to Sacramento State. Whitney earned NWAC All-Star honors in soccer in 1997.

Whitney has also coached collegiately as an assistant coach at Fresno State from 2010-12, and College of the Sequoias from 2014-15. Additionally, Whitney served as a Youth Soccer Coach at Elk Grove United and San Juan Soccer Club from 2002-06 and 2006-10, respectively, and worked as a Sports Camp Director and Summer Camp Director at Sacramento State from 2001-04. Whitney also served as the WPSL Chief Consultant from 2005-07.