Riley Foster
Riley Foster

Player Profile
Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Fort Worth, Texas

High School:
Trinity Valley

Height:
5-3

Position:
Back

Has not yet declared a major, but is considering a pre-med track ... A member of the 2007-08 U.S. Under-21 National Team ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy's Rising Stars program and serves as a CREED mentor, helping freshmen adjust to college life ... Involved with Athletes in Action, Champions for Christ and Campus Crusade

2006: As a freshman, stared all 22 games at back ... Recipient of the team's Marjorie Moses Schwab Unsung Hero Award ... Named to the Womensfieldhockey.com All-Rookie squad and to the All-South Region second team ... Named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad, the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2006-07 school year

At Trinity Valley School in Fort Worth, Texas: All-conference, team MVP and team captain her junior and senior years ... Area Player of the Year as a junior ... Also participated in soccer and track ... Member of the North Texas State Olympic Development soccer team from 2000-04

National/International: Member of the 2007-08 U.S. Under-21 team ... Selected for the Midwest EPTC squad and Junior National Camp in 2006 ... Participated in the U.S. Under-19 team's Holland tour in 2006 and also played in the USA/Canada Challenge with the squad... Member of Futures Elite and the Olympic Development Select program in 2005 ... Played on the championship team at the 2005 Can-Am Games ... Played in the National Futures Championships in 2004-06 ... Gold medalist at the 2004 Junior Olympics ... Member of the Futures Program 2000-06

Personal: Born Riley Rhea Foster on April 21, 1988, in Bedford, Texas ... Daughter of Dan and Kelly Foster ... Has one brother, Cade (16) ... Her father played football at Maryland

More on Foster: Favorite pastimes are baking and playing Frisbee ... Favorite book is Redeeming Love, by Francine Rivers ... Favorite TV shows are The Office and Everyday Italian ... Pet peeve: When people hit the snooze button on their alarm clock ... After graduation, plans to attend nursing school or medical school then do medical missionary work ... Dream job: Being a professional 400-meter track star for the U.S. ... With a completely free day, would go to a lake and swing on the rope swings ... If she could have dinner with anyone, it would be John Piper, "because he is one the most influential evangelists in the world" ... Little-known talent: Pushing out her stomach so that she looks pregnant ... Dream vacation: A trip around the world starting with Italy then going to Spain, Egypt, Morocco, Madagascar, France and ending with Spain ... If she would the lottery, the first thing she'd buy is an entire KitchenAid collection including a mixer and juicer for her kitchen