Career: 2017 All-American at heavyweight went 113-36 in his career at App State … Ranks No. 4 on the career wins list at App State … SoCon Wrestler of the Year in 2016 and 2017 … Three-time NCAA qualifier placed eighth at the NCAA Championships as a senior … Three-time SoCon champion (2015, 2016, 2017) … NWCA All-Academic honoree in 2016 and 2017.
2016-17: All-American at heavyweight with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships … Went 30-8 as a senior, won a SoCon title and was named SoCon Wrestler of the Year … Had a 13-1 dual record as App State went 12-3 and reached as high as No. 20 in the NWCA Coaches Poll and No. 16 in the Intermat poll … Won four of his first five matches at the NCAAs to clinch a top-eight spot, securing All-America status with a 9-0 major decision against Northwestern’s Conan Jennings … After winning an 11-1 major decision against Oregon State’s Cody Crawford to start the NCAAs and falling 5-3 in a Sudden Victory-2 period against Minnesota’s Michael Kroells, won his next three matches, starting with a 9-4 decision against Utah Valley’s Dustin Dennison and a 2-0 decision against Oklahoma’s Ross Larson … Went 3-0 at the SoCon Championship, winning a 7-4 decision against Campbell’s Jere Heino in the final … Took eighth place at the Southern Scuffle, second at the Keystone Classic and third at the Daktronics Open … Had five pins as a senior.
2015-16: SoCon Wrestler of the Year ... Posted a 31-4 overall record and 15-1 dual record ... Went a perfect 7-0 in SoCon duals en route to winning the heavyweight title at the SoCon tournament ... NCAA qualifier who entered NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed ... Recorded six pins on the season as well as 11 major decisions ... Had four straight major decisions at one point, downing Duke, Clarion, Buffalo and Navy ... Went 4-1 in National Freestyles ... Named SoCon Wrestler of the Month twice and Wrestler of the Week three times.
2014-15: Tallied a record of 33-6 ... Won the heavyweight title at the SoCon Championship ... Was a No. 12 seed at the NCAA Championships ... Picked up first career NCAA Championships victory against Mimmo Lytle (Kent State) ... Named to the All-Southern Conference team ... Placed first at the the Roadrunner Classic ... Claimed first place at the Keystone Classic ... Won his first 17 matches to start the season before losing a decision to eventual national champion Nick Gwiazdowski (NC State) ... Named SoCon wrestling athlete of the month for November ... Tabbed as SoCon wrestler of the week twice.
2013-14: Finished at 15-18 as a redshirt freshman ... Placed sixth at Roadrunner Open and Keystone Classic ... Recorded one win at the SoCon Championship ... Defeated 2014 Southern Conference champion David Devine (SIUE) during the regular season.
2012-13: Competing as a redshirting true freshman, ended the regular season by placing fifth at the National Collegiate Open in Richmond, Va. ... Placed fourth at the Pembroke Open ... Third at the King College Open ... Second at the Cumberland Open ... ... Competed for the App State RTC during the summer and earned double All-American honors by placing fifth in greco and seventh in freestyle at the Fila Junior Nationals in Las Vegas.
High School: Earned all-state honorable mention honors as a junior and named to all-state team as a senior at R.J. Reynolds High School ... Placed second in state tournament during his senior season after taking fourth place a year earlier.
Personal: Son of Laverne and Benjamin Foster ... Has two siblings, Laquasha and Latina Foster ... Majoring in pharmacy with a minor in business.
