2017 Men's Gymnastics Roster
Biography
Career Highlights
- 3x Second-team All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)
- 10 career titles won
- Team Spirit Award (2017)
Career Highs
2017
Pommel Horse: 15.250 (at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)
Still Rings:Â 13.850 (at Arizona State, 1/21/17)
Parallel Bars: 13.950 (at Arizona State, 1/21/17)
2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 15.050 (vs. Iowa, 2/7/15)
Pommel Horse: 15.300 (at Air Force w/ California, 3/5/16)
Still Rings:Â 14.400 (vs. Temple/UIC, 2/6/16)
Vault: 13.600 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/18/14)
Parallel Bars: 14.850 (Big Ten Team Finals, 4/1/16)
Senior - 2017
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Second-place finisher (tied) on pommel horse at the Big Ten Championships
- Winner of the team's Spirit Award
- Saw action in 10 meets for the Illini
- Posted the Illini's bests score on pommel horse of the season, a 15.250 at the Puerto Rico Challenge
- Won four pommel horse titles on the season
Junior - 2016
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Third-place finisher on pommel horse at the Big Ten Championships
- Won the pommel horse event title against Michigan (15.250)
- 15 top-five finishes across pommel horse, still rings and parallel bars on the season
- Set career high on pommel horse (15.300), still rings (14.400) and parallel bars (14.850) during the season
Sophomore - 2015
- Second-team All-Big Ten
- Was the runner-up on pommel horse at the Big Ten Championships (14.250)
- Posted the team's top score on pommel horse at 15.150 against Minnesota
- Won floor event title against Iowa with a career-best score of 15.050
- Claimed the pommel horse title against Minnesota (15.150, career best)
Freshman - 2014
- Won three pommel horse titles, set career high at the Nebraska Invitational (14.950)
- Finished in the top five on pommel horse at seven meets
High School/Club
- Member of the 2013 U.S. Junior National team
- Won the pommel horse at the 2013 U.S. Junior Championships
- Placed third in the all-around at the 2013 U.S. Championships
- Four-time first-team Academic All-American
- Five-time Region five team member
Personal
- Born March 1, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois
- Son of Nancy and Eric Foster
- Has one sister
- Majoring in Accounting and Finance
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Four-year honor roll student in high school
- Lists Illini assistant coach Daniel Ribeiro as his Fighting Illini hero, saying "I try to model my gymnastics after him."
- Favorite athlete is Kevin Durant
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