ECU Signs JUCO Guard Charles Foster To Letter Of Intent
May 18, 2015 | Men's Basketball
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Charles Foster, a 6-foot-1 point guard who played the last two seasons at Vincennes (Ind.) University, has signed a National Letter-of-Intent to attend school and play basketball at East Carolina University announced head coach Jeff Lebo Monday.
"Our staff is very excited about Charles joining our Pirate family," Lebo said. "He comes from an extremely successful program at Vincennes and should strengthen our backcourt."
A native of Louisville, Ky., Foster averaged 14.4 points and 5.4 assists per game to lead Vincennes into the second round of the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championship tournament. Foster guided coach Todd Franklin's Trailblazers to the regular season Region XVI Division I junior college title with a final record of 33-2, a year after VU advanced to the 2014 NJCAA Final Four.
Foster graduated from Trinity High School in Louisville in 2012, where he averaged 12.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals in helping the Shamrocks win their first state title and earned All-Seventh Region honors. He was also named to the Louisville Courier-Journal's first-team all-state squad as a senior. Foster attended Lee Academy in Lee, Maine, the following season.
Foster is East Carolina's second signee of the spring period and the fourth in the 2014-15 signing class, joining Kentrell Barkley (Durham, N.C./Northern Durham HS), Deng Riak (Melbourne, Australia/Victory Rock (Fla.) Prep) and Clarence Williams (Tallahassee, Fla./Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College).
