A senior tri-captain in 2016/17... among active players, ranks first in FG percentage (50.2) and second in rebounds (299), blocked shots (56) and FT percentage (62.1)...
Coach Bierly: “We look forward to great things from Lexis. She is going to be a force for us down low. She is an amazing kid and I admire her for her strength.”
2016/17: season-highs (p-r-a-b) 18-13-4-8
2015/16: Set personal career-highs in most every individual category, including average minutes (20.7), scoring (6.7), rebounding (5.5) and blocked shots (37)... led the team in blocks and shared third place in the conference with an average of 1.4 blocks per game... one of three Eastern players named to the Eastern Tip-Off Tournament all-tournament team after scoring 25 points with 19 rebounds... in the tip-off opener, scored a career-high 19 points on 7-of-8 FG and 5-of-5 FT with a blocked shot with ten rebounds for her only double-double of the season... followed three games later with a career-high 12 rebounds , three blocked shots and three assists in a 67-62 home win over Emmanuel... blocked at least one shot in 14 of 15 games in one stretch, with nine coming in consecutive LEC wins in late January...in three LEC tournament games off the bench, averaged 7.0 points and 3.0 rebounds in an average of 20.3 minutes, sinking 57.1 of her FG attempts (8-of-14) with two blocked shots and two steals...was perfect from the foul line in six games, including 5-of-5 twice and and 7-of-7 in a 63-50 LEC win at Keene State... in her first year of eligibility, received an E-Club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award and repeated honors on the LEC All-Academic Team...season-highs (p-r-a-b): 19-12-3-5.
2014/15: Provided size off the bench, starting four of the first six games of the year and appearing in 24 of 31 contests... a defensive presence who was one of three players to total double-digit blocks (11) in an average of 9.8 minutes per game... provided a spark off the bench in the season-opener with seven rebounds, a blocked shot and six points in 15 minutes... played ten or more minutes in 13 of her first 14 appearances of the year... in her third career start, played a season-high 22 minutes Nov. 25 against nationally-ranked Tufts... scored a career-high 11 points and pulled down four rebounds with three blocked shots in 12 minutes off the bench Jan. 8 at Saint Joseph (CT)... qualified for the LEC Academic Honor Roll in her first season of eligibility... season-highs (p-r-a-b): 11-7-1-3...
2013/14: One of three freshmen letterwinners... saw time in all but four games, coming off the bench in each... on limited attempts, shot 51.1 percent from the floor... contributed eight points (her second-highest total of the year) and six rebounds with two blocked shots in 16 minutes in the Eastern Tip-Off Tournament championship game... in a 20-point LEC win over UMass Boston that culminated a season-high six-game winning streak, scored a season-high ten points (4-for-4 FG) in a season-high 27 minutes... season-highs (p-r-a-b): 10-8-2-2...
Career-highs (thru 16/17): 40 min., 19 pts., 13 rebs., 4 assists, 8 blocks, 2 steals, zero 3-pointers...
High School: Four-year starter in basketball who also played volleyball... in basketball, team captain and MVP... honors student...
Other: Played five years of AAU with the Connecticut Storm... coached the Connecticut Storm girls' seventh-grade team in the summer of 2014...
PERSONAL: Born Lexis J. Foster March 23, 1995… Parents: Vicki and Craig… Major: Elementary Education and Liberal Studies… Career Plans: Teach… Residence: Groton, CT…
INDIVIDUAL CAREER HONORS
2014/15: LEC Academic Honor Roll
2015/16: Eastern Tip-Off Tournament All-Tournament Selection, LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award
2016/17: LEC All-Defensive Team, All-LEC 1st team Selection, LEC Academic Honor Roll, E-club Scholar-Athlete Award, 2x LEC Player of the Week (Jan. 16th, Jan. 23rd)
LEXIS... REVEALED
Your pre-game ritual: Eating a banana
Personal goal for the season: Not to foul out
Your most overused phrase: Oh my God
Favorite place to stop for food after a competition: Anywhere with burgers
Pet peeve: Burping out loud
If you could describe yourself in one word, it would be: Kind
Biggest waste of money: Cable TV
Biggest adjustment to college life: Eating right
If you were to choose a superpower what would it be: To teleport places
If you could travel anywhere in the world where would you go: Thailand
Your spirit animal: A monkey
Something no one would miss if it were to be blown up/destroyed: The locker room
One thing you would like to do before you died: Travel more
The automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Lexus
Dream job: Teaching
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Anything you don’t enjoy doing every day
Longest time you have watched a Netflix series: A day
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Gymnastics
Greatest Olympian of all time: Phelps
Favorite Instagram filter: The sad face
If your life could be made into a movie, the title would be: Livin With Lex
Favorite aspect about Eastern: How small it is
One thing you would change about Eastern: The parking
