Kevin Foster is an American professional basketball player who last played for Beşiktaş of the Turkish Basketball League.
Education
He finished his collegiate career as Santa Clara"s all-time leading scorer with 2,423 points, which is also the most in San Francisco Bay Area Division I history and second most in West Coast Conference history. Foster, a native of Katy, Texas, attended Morton Ranch High School.
Career
The 6 ft 2 in (188 m) shooting guard played college basketball for Santa Clara University between 2008-2009 and 2012-2013. Foster made 431 three-point field goals in his career, which is tied for the fourth-most all-time in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I history. As a junior he was named to the All-District 18-5A First Team and the All-Greater Houston Second Team.
In his senior year, Foster averaged 21 points per game and was named the Most Valuable Player and All-District 18-5A First Team.
He was also a Texas top-30 player his final season. In his freshman season in 2008-2009, Foster averaged 14.7 points and 2.5 assists per game and was named the WCC Company-Newcomer of the Year, WCC All-Freshman Team and Freshman All-American Team.
He broke Kurt Rambis" freshman year scoring record, Steve Nash"s single-season three-pointers made record and four other freshman class records in the process. In his true sophomore year, he only played in six total games before suffering a season-ending foot injury, so he was able to redshirt the 2009-2010 season.
In 2010-2011, Foster was named to the WCC First Team after leading all of Division I in three-pointers made (140), attempted (380), and made per game (368).
The following season, Foster was suspended for the rest of the season by the school after he was arrested for drunk driving in January 2012. He managed to play in only 18 games before the incident. Foster"s senior year in 2012-2013 saw the Broncos finish with a 26–12 overall record en route to the 2013 China, Burma, India Theatre of Operations championship, where he was named its Most Valuable Player. He averaged 19.3 points and 4.3 assists per game during the season.
Milestones for Foster that season include scoring his 2,000th career point, breaking the conference record for three-pointers made, and eventually becoming the school"s all-time leading scorer with 2,423 points.
2013-2014 season
Foster went undrafted in the 2013 National Basketball Association draft. On July 29, 2013, he signed with Beşiktaş of Turkey for the 2013-2014 season.
However, he later parted ways with Beşiktaş on October 29, 2013 after appearing in just two Eurocup games. That same day, he signed with Skyliners Frankfurt of the Basketball Bundesliga.
His contract with Skyliners was voided a day later after he did not pass the medical examinations.
On February 7, 2014, Foster joined BK Ventspils of Latvia for a 10-day trial period but was ultimately not signed by the club 2014-2015 season
On November 1, 2014, Foster was selected by the Reno Bighorns in the fourth round of the 2014 National Basketball Association Doctorate-League draft. However, he was later waived by the Bighorns on November 13, 2014.