Andrew Foster '24 Recruiting Profile

I love sports.  I have always love to be active and was running before I could walk. I really enjoy team sports like soccer because I enjoy working with others. I am a very social, happy person. I am an optimist who tries to see the good in most situations. I am a hard worker who knows that you have to put in your time to see results.  My grandfather instilled in me the importance of perseverance and although I have been told I have a natural gift when it comes to playing soccer, I know that its more important to be disciplined and smart in the approach to the game. If you don't help your teammates excel and improve you will never achieve great things as a team.

We had an amazing 2023 High School year for Kingston High School. Three years ago before my year started on the Varsity level the Varsity's record was 2-9-1. This year we won our section for the first time ever and our record became 11-5-1.  I was given recognition as an All Star for my section and a New York All State with a nomination for being All American. I was the leading striker for our section as well having the highest goals (20) this 2023 season as well as last season (12 goals)

I am really looking forward to playing on the college level so see how I can improve as a player and work with a team to be successful. I understand being an underdog and always feel like that makes me just work harder. Soccer is such an amazing game because you truly have to utilize all your teammates to get the ball from one side down to the net. Passing and making smart plays truly define the sport and I love that I can be creative in making opportunities. 

For most of my high school career I have played at the striker position because I definitely have the best conversion percentage to get the ball in the net when I strike.  But I think top three of my best skills are not just my goals.   The first is that I am super fast, I won the elementary schools track meet 200 meter race. I am not just running fast all the time but use explosive bursts to help creative opportunities. Secondly, I am really good at passing to the person who has the best field advantage to bring the ball forward, I have also been told that I have a gift of seeing the whole field and looking at the game holistically. 

 I want to go an academic challenging school as I understand athletics aren't everything and I would like to have the opportunity to prepare myself to excel off the field. I like to think that my intelligence is also one of my gifts and I am really good with numbers so will likely go into the business field and perhaps combine both of my passions in a field like Sports Management