Katie Foster Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 9/13/2021 Sport Volleyball School Wartburg College Year Senior Position Hometown Charles City, Iowa High School Charles City Volleyball – Defensive Player of the Week Katie Foster, Wartburg College Sr., Libero, Charles City, Iowa/Charles City Senior Katie Foster helped lead the Knights to a 4-0 week, bringing their overall record to 8-0. The Wartburg libero tallied 84 digs and no defensive errors over the four matches. Additionally, she dealt four service aces. In Wartburg’s 3-1 win over St. Olaf, the senior tallied 31 digs. Foster added 23 digs in the Knights’ 3-1 win over Grinnell. Additionally, Wartburg swept two ranked opponents, No.22 Augsburg (4-4) and No.13 UW-Eau Claire (8-1), with Foster tallying 15 digs in both games. Foster is a four-time All-Conference performer, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, 2019 Most Valuable Player, and 2017 Freshman of the Year. The Charles City, Iowa native is picking up her eighteenth Defensive Player of the Week honor in her Wartburg Career (9/13/21, 9/7/21, 3/29/21, 2/22/21, 11/4/19, 10/21/19, 9/30/19, 9/23/19, 9/16/19, 9/9/19, 10/29/18, 10/15/18, 10/8/18, 9/2/18, 11/5/17, 10/29/17, 9/24/17, 9/3/17).
