8 Grant Strickler
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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 195
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- Hometown:
- Johnston, Iowa
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- Position:
- D
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Johnston
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- Previous College:
- Methodist
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- g
- 0
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- a
- 1
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- pts
- 1
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- gw
- 0
Bio
Honors & Awards
- One-time CSC Academic All-District (2025)
- One-time Letterwinner (2024)
2024 | sophomore
- Started 18 matches for the Storm
- Scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win over Loras
- Collected an assist in the 4-3 win over Knox
- Played 1,462 minutes on the pitch
Prior to Simpson
- Played for Methodist University
High School
- Graduated in 2023 from Johnston High School
- Selected to the Midwest all-region team (2023)
- Named first-team all-state (2023)
- Selected to the all-state tournament team (2023)
- First-team all-conference selection (2022)
- All-conference honorable mention (2021)
Personal
- Parents are Nate and Shannon Strickler
- Has two siblings, Kate and Blake
- Majoring in data science with a minor in data analytics
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 19 | 7 | ||
| Games started | 19 | 7 | ||
| Goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assists | 1 | 1 | ||
| Points | 1 | 1 | ||
| Shots | 13 | 7 | ||
| Shot Pct | .000 | .000 | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | Augustana (Ill.) | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 30 | Illinois Col. | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 1 | at Carleton | L, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | at Grinnell | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | at Wis.-Platteville | L, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | North Central (Minn.) | W, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Saint Mary's (Minn.) | T, 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | Bethel (Minn.) | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | Cornell College | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | Webster | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Knox | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 27 | at Coe | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | Neb. Wesleyan | L, 3-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | Central (Iowa) | T, 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Loras | L, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at Dubuque | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Buena Vista | W, 2-0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 22 | Luther | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 25 | Wartburg | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Loras | L, 7-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
Splits Stats - Game
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | 19 | .00 | .05 | .05 | .68 | .000 | .16 | .231 |
| Conference | 7 | 7 | .00 | .14 | .14 | 1.00 | .000 | .29 | .286 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 10 | 10 | .00 | .10 | .10 | .50 | .000 | .00 | .000 |
| Away | 9 | 9 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .89 | .000 | .33 | .375 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Result | Wins | 4 | 4 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .75 | .000 | .25 | .333 |
| Losses | 7 | 7 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .86 | .000 | .14 | .167 | |
| Month | August | 2 | 2 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .50 | .000 | .00 | .000 |
| September | 10 | 10 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 1.00 | .000 | .20 | .200 | |
| October | 6 | 6 | .00 | .17 | .17 | .33 | .000 | .17 | .500 | |
| November | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
Splits Stats - Season
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .000 | 3 | .231 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Conference | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .000 | 2 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | - | |
| Location | Home | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Away | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | 3 | .375 | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | - | |
| Result | Wins | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Losses | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 1 | .167 | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Month | August | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| September | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | 2 | .200 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| October | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
News Mentions
Three Storm named to CSC Academic All-District team
Mitchell Dickson, Sal Fratianni, and Grant Strickler were selected to represent Simpson men’s soccer to the College Sports Communicators...
November 25, 2025
Dickson scores in final minutes; Storm force critical draw with Luther amid playoff hunt
Down to the final push, Simpson turned to leading goal scorer in the conference, and Mitchell Dickson delivered with a game-tying goal to force a...
October 22, 2025
Storm drop A-R-C opener to Coe on the road
Despite an early go-ahead goal from Iain Macrae, Coe responded with two goals to slip past Simpson 2-1 in the A-R-C opener on Saturday.
September 27, 2025
Men's soccer tabbed fifth in A-R-C Preseason Coaches Poll
Led by an experienced and talented core, the Simpson men’s soccer team is poised to make a run for an American Rivers Conference title after...
August 20, 2025
