Columbia University Athletics

- 2021 Second Team All-Ivy League

2022 (Senior): Played in nine matches and 30 sets … Had a season-high 17 kills and four blocks against Princeton on 11/11/22, two assists and 18.5 points against Penn on 11/12/2022, and six digs at Dartmouth on 11/5/22 … Finished the season with 75 kills, 16 blocks and 88.5 points.


2021 (Junior): Played in and started 23 of 24 matches ... Earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors ... Finished first in the Ivy League in total points (345.5) and points per set (4.27) ... Was second in the league in total kills (315) and kills per set (3.89) ... Led the Lions in total points, points per set, kills per set, total attacks and was third in hitting percentage (.229) ... Was third on the team in total blocks (45.0), blocks per set (0.56) and added 101 digs ... Racked up at least 20 kills in three matches ... Crushed at least 10 kills in 18 out of 23 matches played ... Began a six match stretch of at least 12 kills with 16 kills against St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 10) ... Helped the Lions snag a win over Iona (Sept. 11) with 16 kills on .333 hitting ... Cracked 16 kills on .344 hitting, while adding three total blocks in Columbia's win over Akron (Sept. 18) ... During nine match stretch from Oct. 1-29 of at least 11 kills, had three matches with at least 20 kills ... Went back-to-back (Oct. 2-8) with at least 20 kills against Brown (24) and Penn (25) ... The 25 kills against Penn were the most in a single match in the Ivy League ... In straight set win over Harvard (Oct. 16), hit .484 with 16 kills and nine digs ... Had back-to-back (Oct. 20-23) matches with a double-double in kills and digs against Rider (12/10) and Cornell (20/11) ... Recorded 17 kills and added nine digs in final home match of the season against Dartmouth (Nov. 6).

2020 (Sophomore): Season canceled (COVID-19).

2019 (First-Year): Played in 21 of 24 matches, starting five ... Finished the season with 40 kills, averaged 0.83 kills per set and hit .208 ... Added a total of 49.0 points while averaging 1.02 points per set ... Smashed 17.0 total blocks and averaged 0.35 blocks per set ... Tallied five kills, two digs and three blocks, while hitting .571 in win against San Jose State (Sept. 20) ... Had a five kill and two block performance at Princeton (Oct. 4) ... Smashed a career-high six kills and had a career-high four blocks while hitting .667 against Harvard (Oct. 11) ... Tied career-high with six kills on .364 hitting percentage at Yale (Oct. 18) ... Hit a career-high .750 with three kills against Brown (Nov. 8).

High School: Was a three-year letter winner in volleyball at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia ... Set a school record for kills in a match (28) during the 2017 season ... Key member of back-to-back Potomac District VHSL Class 5 Region C conference titles from 2017-18 ... Saw her team finish as the 2018 Class 5 Region C runner-up ... During the 2018 season, team became the first squad from Stone Bridge HS to earn a No. 1 ranking in the Washington Post (DMV) ... Named second-team All-Conference following 2016 season ... Racked up a large collection of awards following 2017 season, starting with a 2017 team MVP award and being named First-Team All-Conference; First-Team All-Region; First-Team All-State 5A; First-Team All-Loudoun Country and a Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention ... Listed on the 2018 Under Armour All-American Watch List ... Academically set high standards, earning 2016 and 2017 AAU Academic All-American honors and earned the 2018 Loudoun Education Foundation Excellence in Education Award, given to the top five percent of seniors in Loudoun County.
 
Personal: Born, Noelle Grace Foster, on March 22, 2001 in Fairfax, Virginia ... Daughter of Jack and Tracy Foster ... Has one brother, Shane (19) ... Father played men’s basketball at Texas Christian from 1981-83 ... Was offered by Davidson, Bucknell, MIT and Marist ... Held the office of class president for all four years of high school ... Chose Columbia because “felt like it was the perfect fit” and loved the fact that "it is impossible to become bored" in New York City ... Pre-match ritual combines favorite scrunchie and hype music on blast ...  Loves to listen to music, attend concerts, cook and hike in free time ... Enrolled at Columbia College ... Intended major is Biochemistry.