University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2015-16 Wrestling Roster
Roster
Drew Foster
- Position:
- Wrestler
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Burlington, Iowa
- High School:
- Mediapolis
DREW FOSTER'S MATCHES
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2019: 3x NCAA qualifier
2019: 2x Big 12 Champ - 184
2019: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
2019: 1st Midlands (184 pounds)
2019: 3rd at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (184 pounds)
2018: 2x NCAA qualifier
2018: Big 12 Champion (184 pounds)
2018: 2nd at Southern Scuffle (184 pounds)
2018: 7th at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (184 pounds)
2018: NWCA All-Star Classic dual
2017: NCAA All-American (7th at 184 pounds)
2017: 2nd at MAC Championships (184 pounds)
2017: 6th at Southern Scuffle (184 pounds)
2016: 5th at MAC Championships (184 pounds)
SENIOR (2018-19): Won the NCAA title at 184 pounds ... first Panther to be a two-time Big 12 champion ... he is the 14th Panther to combine for the 22nd title in UNI history at the Division I championships ... Foster's win at Midlands Championships earned him Big 12 Wrestler of the Week honors Dec. 31 ... finished third at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite at 184 pounds ... won the Harold Nichols Cyclone Open ... named to Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
Top-20 wins:
- No. 5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 9-6 - Nov. 30, Cliff Keen Invite
- No. 5 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 9-5 - Dec. 1 Cliff Keen Invite
- No. 14 Cash Wilcke (Iowa) 3-2 Midlands
- No. 16 Nino Bonacorsi (Pittsburgh) 9-6 - Nov. 17, dual
- No. 18 Lou DePrez (Binghamton), 1:32 F - Dec. 1, Cliff Keen Invite
- No. 11 Sam Colbray (Iowa State), 4-1, Big 12 Championships
- No. 12 Lou Deprez (Binghamton) 7-1, NCAA Championships
- No. 3 Zack Zavatsky (Virginia Tech) 6-2, NCAA Championships
- No. 14 Chip Ness (North Carolina) 7-4, NCAA Championships
- No. 6 Max Dean (Cornell) 6-4, NCAA Championships
JUNIOR (2017-18): Big 12 champion at 184 pounds to earn second trip to NCAA tournament ... second at Southern Scuffle .... seventh at Cliff Keen Invite with top-20 wins over No. 8 Jordan Ellingwood (Central Michigan), No. 13 Max Dean (Cornell) and No. 16 Chip Ness (North Carolina) ... opened the season with an exhibition match against No. 3 Pete Renda of North Carolina State ... won the Grand View Open at 184 pounds.
SOPHOMORE (2016-17): Earned All-America honors at 184 pounds with a seventh-place finish ... took second at MAC championships to earn automatic bid to NCAA tournament ... placed sixth at Southern Scuffle ... won the Grand View Open at 184 pounds ... cracked the national rankings for the first time in his career after knocking off No. 9 Jack Dechow of Old Dominion in a dual ... also beat No. 14 Jordan Ellingwood of Central Michigan in a dual ... took second at the UNI Open.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015-16): Took third at Finn Grinaker Cobber and UNI opens ... started the year at 174 pounds and then wrestled at 184 for UNI's final seven duals ... beat No. 29 Andrew Romanchik of Ohio in a 5-2 decision for fifth place at the MAC Championships.
FRESHMAN (2014-15): Redshirted ... placed in three of the five open tournaments he competed ... won the Joe Parisi Open ... took fifth at the Buena Vista Open ... was sixth at the UCM Open ... notched a 15-second fall against Kyle Jolas of Lindenwood.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-sport student-athlete, competing in football, wrestling, track and soccer ... was on the honor roll ... his six-second fall broke the Mediapolis High School record ... his 54 wins broke his high school's single-season win record ... high school record was 167-23 ... second at Iowa high school championships (160 pounds) ... seventh as junior (138 pounds) ... third as sophomore (126 pounds) ... wrestled in the 112-pound weight class as a freshman.
PERSONAL: Son of Don and Karissa Foster ... has a younger sibling, Klay ... graduated from Mediapolis High School and from Burlington, Iowa ... volunteered at summer camps and youth football registration ... majoring in elementary and middle level education.
| YEAR | OVERALL | DUALS | BIG 12 DUALS | MD | TF | PINS | QUICK PIN |
| 2014-15* | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 7-2 | 0:15 |
| 2015-16 | 15-18 | 1-9 | 1-4 MAC | 3-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0:46 |
| 2016-17 | 26-6 | 11-1 | 7-0 MAC | 8-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0:46 |
| 2017-18 | 26-6 | 10-1 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 1:07 |
| 2018-19 | 28-5 | 7-4 | 5-2 | 8-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1:32 |
| TOTAL | 95-35 | 29-15 | 10-2 | 23-3 | 9-1 | 6-2 | 0:46 |
* redshirted
