Biography
2023 Junior
Named First Team All-Conference and AVCA All-Region North for a second straight season, becoming the first Shocker to earn consecutive All-Region selections since Abbie Lehman in 2016-17...started all 34 matches and played in all 128 sets...ended the season with a hitting percentage of .413, tops in the American Athletic Conference and 12th nationally...none of the 11 players with a better hitting percentage had more than Foster's 673 attempts...led the Shockers with 436.0 total points, the ninth-highest total for any middle in the country...finished second on the team with 2.78 kills per set...paced the Shockers defensively with 126.0 total blocks, establishing a new career high and ranking 76th nationally...was a dominant force in Wichita State's run to the NIVC championship, hitting .487 with just four errors over the span of five matches...had 21 matches with double-digit kills, highlighted by a season-best 17 on the road at Rice on November 18...established a new career high with an .800 hitting percentage against UTSA on November 11, firing 12 kills on 15 attempts with no errors...matched a career high with eight blocks against nationally ranked Kansas on September 7...racked up a career-best five aces in a road win over East Carolina on September 20...was twice named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll and also earned spots on the Under Armour Challenge All-Tournament Team and Shocker Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team...named to AD Honor Roll in Fall 2023.
2022 Sophomore
Named First Team All-Conference, AVCA All-Region North, and CSC Academic All-District after emerging as one of the nation's most efficient middles...ranked second on the club with 3.69 points per set and 3.01 kills per set, checking in 31st nationally with a .382 hitting percentage...had 21 matches with 10 or more kills, highlighted by a stretch of 14 in a row from October 7 to November 20...fired a career-best 21 kills to spark a five-set comeback victory on October 12 against Tulsa...hit .684 with 14 kills against one of the nation's best defensive units on November 13 vs. Houston, the best hitting percentage by a Shocker in any match this season (min. 10 kills)...was at her best against the Shockers stiffest competition, hitting .400 or better in six matches against foes ranked in the top 100 of the RPI...finished with career bests in blocking (a team-high 100.0 total blocks) and serving (26 aces, more than double her 2021 total)...was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll four times, and was selected Defensive Player of the Week on September 5...named to AD Honor Roll in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2021 Freshman
Named Second Team All-Conference after leading all AAC middles with 197 kills in conference play...twice named to American Weekly Honor Roll (10/25 and 11/29)...appeared in all 29 matches and all 117 sets...finished sixth in the league with .334 hitting percentage, best among all AAC freshmen...had 11 matches with double-digit kills, all in conference play, including four matches of 16 or more kills on less than 30 attacks...piled up 77 blocks, highlighted by a career-best eight stuffs at SMU on Oct, 10...recorded seven straight matches of three or more blocks from Nov. 11-24...twice posted a career-high 18 kills, first at Temple on Oct. 24 and then in the season finale vs. Memphis on Nov. 26...had career-best three aces vs. Kent State on Sept. 10...named to the AD Honor Roll in both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022...named to AAC All-Academic Team.
2021 Freshman (Spring Season)*
Played in nine matches and 30 sets...Posted 71 kills on 146 attempts with 21 errors for a .342 attacking percentage...Had four service aces, 14 digs, two block solos and 17 block assists...Tallied a career-best 17 kills and hit a career-high .556 vs. Houston March 26...Also had a career-best six block assists vs. Houston...Compiled a career-high two service aces at Tulsa Feb. 12...Averaged 2.37 kills and 0.63 blocks per set.Â
*Season played in spring due to COVID-19 pandemic
High School
Four-year letterwinner and starter, and senior team captain at Mattawan High School…Named second team all-state as a junior, and was honorable mention all-state as a freshman and sophomore…Four-time first team all-conference honoree…Three-time selection to the Beast of the East All-Tournament Team…Averaged 12.2 kills per set and hit .398 as a senior…In her career, played in 457 games, compiling 1,698 kills, a .387 attacking percentage, 3.72 kills per set, 224 aces, 226 blocks and 168 digs…Helped her team to district titles three times (2017-19)…Also was an all-state and all-conference basketball player, and tallied four triple-doubles (points, rebounds, blocks).
Personal
Daughter of David and Heidi Foster…Has a brother, Nolan…her mother, Heidi, played basketball and volleyball at Michigan Technological University, her father, David, played basketball at Siena College, and her brother, Nolan, plays basketball at Marian University…majoring in Health Science at WSU.
