2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 25
Rylee Foster
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cambridge, Ontario
- High School:
- Glenview Park Secondary
2019 (Sr.)
• Signed professional contract with Liverpool• MAC Hermann Trophy Candidate
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Best XI Second Team
2018 (Jr.)
• CONCACAF Female Goalkeeper of the Year finalist
• MAC Hermann Trophy candidate
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team
• All-Big 12 First Team
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team
• Started all 23 matches in goal
• Logged 2,133:38 minutes, the fourth-most nationally and the third-best season for a Mountaineer
• Played a season-high 110:00 minutes four times
• Made 34 saves for a 0.723 save percentage
• Earned credit for 11 of WVU’s 12 shutouts, which ranked No. 6 nationally
• Finished the year with a 0.55 GAA, the second-best mark among Big 12 goalkeepers and No. 14 nationally
• Ranked No. 4 among active NCAA players with 31 career shutouts and No. 6 with a career GAA of 0.550
• Allowed 13 goals all season
• Made two saves in first clean sheet of the season came in 0-0 (2OT) draw against No. 19 Northwestern at Purdue (Aug. 26)
• Made a season-high five stops against Georgetown (Sept. 2)
• Earned first career assist on game-winning goal in 2-1 victory at Clemson (Sept. 7)
• Turned away seven corner kicks in 2-0 victory at No. 22 Texas Tech (Sept. 21)
• Made four saves and faced a pair of corner kicks in 1-0 win over No. 18 Texas in the semifinals of the Big 12 Soccer Championships (Nov. 2)
• Recorded three saves and turned away four corner kicks to force overtime in 2-2 (2OT) draw against Wake Forest in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 16)
• Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
• TopDrawerSoccer’s Preseason Best XI Second Team
2017 (So.)
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team• All-Big 12 Second Team
• Started all 23 matches in goal and logged 2,122:15 minutes, the fifth-most nationally
• Earned credit for 12 of the Mountaineers’ 13 clean sheets; shutout total ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 and No. 8 nationally
• Career single-season high 45 saves
• Allowed 15 goals all year and finished with a 0.64 goals-against average (GAA), the best mark among Big 12 goalkeepers and No. 23 nationally; mark ranks No. 9 in program history
• Posted a 0.33 GAA in Big 12 matches, top mark in the conference
• Played a single-game career high 110:00 minutes three times
• Made a season-high seven saves in 2017 opener, a 1-0 victory at No. 5 Georgetown (Aug. 18); also turned away nine corner kicks
• Faced six corner kicks in 1-0 victory at No. 20 Princeton (Sept. 15)
• Made two saves and turned away two corner kicks in 1-0 win over No. 19 Oklahoma State (Oct. 6)
• Stopped No. 22 Rutgers’ first and fourth penalty kicks in 0-0 (2OT) draw in second round of NCAA Tournament (Nov. 17), helping WVU advance to the third round on a 4-3 PK advantage
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 22)
• TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Aug. 22)
• Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team
2016 (Fr.)
• NSCAA All-Central Region Second Team• NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• All-Big 12 Freshman Team
• Started 17 matches in goal and logged 1,509:56 minutes
• Allowed seven goals all year and finished with a 0.42 GAA, the top season mark in program history
• GAA mark ranked No. 1 in the Big 12, No. 7 nationally
• Recorded eight clean sheets and made 36 saves for a .837 save percentage
• Shutout total was third-best in Big 12 and ranked No. 41 in NCAA
• WVU denied all eight Big 12 opponents a goal and became the first team in conference history to post a shutout in league season
• In first collegiate match, made a season-high nine saves in 1-1 (2OT) draw at No. 2 Penn State (Aug. 19)
• First career shutout came in 1-0 victory vs. No. 8 Clemson (Aug. 26)
• Returned from 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to make five saves in 1-0 win vs. No. 5 Duke in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (Nov. 26)
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 10)
• TDS.com Top Freshmen Midseason No. 25
High School
• Made Canadian Youth Program debut in 2013 at age 15 and has started 10 matches and played 841 minutes, earning five clean sheets and allowing just four goals• As a member of the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team, won Silver medal at the 2015 CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship Honduras alongside Mountaineer teammate Bianca St. Georges
• Also played alongside Mountaineers Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence and Amandine Pierre-Louis at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Canada
• Previously was a two-year member of the Canadian Women’s National U-17 Team and competed at the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica with St. Georges and Easther Mayi Kith
• Also won the Silver medal at the 2013 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship Jamaica and earned the Golden Glove Award, as well as a spot on the Best XI Team
• Ran track for Glenview Park Secondary and was named the Junior Track Athlete of the Year
Personal
• Daughter of Dave and Kim Foster• Has two sisters
• Birthday is Aug. 13
• Three-year member of the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team (2015-2018)
• Played for Canada at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
• Majoring in sport management
• President’s List
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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