Awards and Honors: 2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2021: Played in and started all games… saw 105 at-bats and finished the season with a .267 batting average… had nine doubles, two triples and two home runs on the year, ending with a .448 slugging percentage… brought in 14 RBI’s and scored 14 runs… drew 20 walks for an on-base percentage of .383… had a team-high 164 putouts, including 13 in one game against Nebraska on April 24... finished the season with a .978 fielding percentage playing mainly at the shortstop position… hit two doubles against Purdue on May 16… had a three RBI game in Wisconsin’s win over Michigan State on May 9… was 3-3 on stolen base attempts...
2020: Played and started in 24 games in the shortened season, mainly in the middle infield… finished with eight hits, three doubles and a home run… scored four runs and hit in eight RBI’s… had 19 putouts on the season… had a three RBI game against UC-Davis on February 22nd…Â
2019: Started in all 52 game appearances … recorded 28 hits, 11 doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI … hit a game winning single in marathon 13-inning game against Indiana (4/20) … recorded four multi-hit and multi-RBI games … scored go-ahead run in upset win against number one ranked Oklahoma in NCAA Regional
2018: Played in 50 games, starting 49 … started at first base in the final 27 games of the season … notched a team-high 293 putouts … recorded a triple against Western Michigan (3/3) … teamed up with Stephanie Lombardo for back-to-back homers against Purdue (4/20), Foster’s first home run as a Badger … had a season-best three hits against Green Bay (4/11) … finished the season with four multiple hit games … led the Badgers over Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament (5/10) with two doubles, two RBI, a run and a walk
High School: Lauren Foster, a shortstop originally from Wausau, will be a force at the plate for the Badgers. A two-time Colorado state champion with Valor Christian High School, Foster was a four-time member of the all-state and all-conference first teams.
Foster was named Valor’s 2017 Female Performance Athlete of the Year, earning a spot in the 2017 Triple Crown Future Stars game. In 2015 she was named Valor’s Defensive Player of the Year and Most Outstanding Player of the Year, rewriting the program’s individual season records with her 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 1.205 slugging percentage, while her 51 RBIs led all players in Colorado. A well-rounded athlete, Foster was twice named to the basketball all-state team, as well as picking up all-conference and academic all-state nods during her one year of varsity lacrosse in 2017.
A 2015-16 Esmark Softball All-American and nominee for the 2016 and 2017 Colorado Softball Gatorade Player of the Year, Foster excels in the classroom as well, serving as a member of the National Honor Society for three years and earning a place on the academic all-state first team in 2015 and 2016. Foster graduated from Valor Cum Laude with a 3.7 grade point average.
With her club squad, Colorado Styxx Gold, Foster made six finals in seven local tournaments this summer, winning five, while placing in the top 10 of three national tournaments.
Healy on Foster: Lauren Foster is one of the savviest, highest softball IQ recruits that we’ve ever seen. Her knowledge of the game, and ability to win are off the charts. She’ll make an immediate impact with her bat and in the infield. For as good of a softball player as Lauren is, she’s an even better person. Her family values and commitment to excellence are perfectly in line with our core values. We are so thrilled to bring Lauren and her family back to Wisconsin, as she rewrites the record books for the Badgers.
