Wichita, Kan. – Wichita State baseball head coach
Brian Green announced the addition of
Jason Foster to the program's coaching staff. Foster will serve as the team's Pitching Strategist and Director of Analytics.
"I want to thank Coach Green for the opportunity to be a part of such a great program," Foster said. "I'm excited to work alongside this knowledgeable staff in a place with such a storied history and tradition of success."
Foster joins the Shockers after four years as a coach at Tread Athletics, a sports performance and development facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. While with Tread, Foster helped facilitate the college commitments of more than 70 athletes, the signing of more than 30 athletes to professional contracts, and the selection of double-digit MLB draft picks. Tread trainees Spencer Bivens and Jesse Scholtens went on to make their Major League debuts.
At the college level, Foster has winning experience as both a player and a coach, with three NCAA regional appearances as a player and one as a coach. A native of Grove City, Ohio, Foster was a right-handed pitcher at Wright State from 2015-18, then spent one season at Iowa after graduating from WSU. All told, Foster made 63 appearances and 11 starts in his college career, going 7-4 with a 4.04 ERA in 104.2 innings.
Foster transitioned to coaching at his alma mater, becoming Wright State's Director of Player Development and Analytics in fall 2019 on the staff of head coach Alex Sogard. He served on the Raiders coaching staff through the 2021 season, guiding some of the best pitching staffs in program history. Following the 2020 COVID year, Foster helped Wright State to a tremendously successful 2021 season, earning a Horizon League tournament championship and a berth in the Knoxville Regional.
In addition to overseeing a Wright State pitching staff that posted a league-best 4.41 ERA, WSU hurlers issued the fewest walks in the Horizon (139) and allowed the lowest opponent batting average (.255). Raiders pitchers established new school records for strikeout percentage, walk percentage, and K:BB ratio, ranking top 30 nationally in all three categories.
Between his stints at Wright State and Tread, Foster spent time on the youth baseball circuit, working on staff for the MVP Baseball program as coordinator and coach for the MVP 18-under team.
Foster and his wife, Michaela, who was a standout softball player at Ohio from 2015-19, have one daughter, Miller.
