WAYNE – Another Wayne State College athlete has received academic honors with a member of the Wildcat football team being voted to 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District/Super Region 4 Team.
The announcement came Thursday morning by the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) and recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
Foster becomes the first Wildcat since Jon Davis in 2014 to receive Academic All-District honors and now advances to the All-America ballot with honorees to be announced in early December.
Foster, a 6-4 220-pound junior defensive end from Omaha (Central HS), carries a 3.77 grade point average majoring in family consumer science and fashion merchandising. He received NSIC South Division Honorable Mention honors on the field this season after ranking third on the Wildcat defense with 52 total tackles (40 solo).
Foster tied for sixth in the NSIC in tackles for loss (13 for 84 yds) and was tied for seventh in the NSIC with two forced fumbles to go with 6.5 sacks for 59 yards. Foster had a season-high eight tackles vs. Winona State and had seven tackles with a forced fumble vs. Bemidji State. He had a season-high two sacks at Concordia-St. Paul.
The Wayne State College football team finished the 2018 season with records of 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the NSIC South Division.
