In a move that’s not exactly surprising, the Panther Wrestling Club announced Tuesday that Drew Foster would officially be added to the club. Foster, the 2019 NCAA National Champion at 184 pounds, competed for the PWC in New York earlier this month at the annual Beat the Streets fundraiser. He wrestled a short time, as…

Current UNI Panther Drew Foster and former Panther Joe Colon competed in the Beat the Streets event tonight in New York City. Foster came away with an injury default win against David Taylor, while Colon dropped a 3-1 match against Nick Suriano. Foster and Taylor barely had time to get started. Foster was in on…

2019 national champion Drew Foster will compete at the annual Beat the Streets event in New York City May 6th against the defending World Gold Medalist David Taylor. “I’m excited for the opportunity to represent UNI and [the] PWC, Foster said when reached for comment earlier today. “The plus side of this event is that…

Former UNI Panther Joe Colon won gold at the Pan-American Championships this weekend adding to his list of medals on the international level. The defending world bronze medalist took down the defending World Champion in the first round of the tournament 9-3, and those were the only points Colon would surrender. Dominating his other two…

Release courtesy of UNI Athletics The Big 12 Conference announced UNI’s Drew Foster has been named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Year. The Big 12 has announced the annual award since the 2015-16 season. Foster joins Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) Dean Heil (Oklahoma State), and Seth Gross (South Dakota State) as the fourth recipient of the…

Release courtesy of UNI Athletics  DES MOINES, Iowa – UNI wrestling’s Drew Foster will be honored as a national champion at the Iowa Capitol on Monday, April 1 with a resolution from the House and Senate. Drew Foster and the University of Iowa’s Spencer Lee will be ushered into the House chambers by Representative Bob Kressing and Representative…

The University of Northern Iowa has it’s first national finalist since 2005. Drew Foster, now a two-time All-American, will wrestle in the finals tomorrow night at 184 pounds against Max Dean. “Awesome, awesome,” UNI head coach Doug Schwab said after the match. “Foster’s done a great job al weekend. Stayed focused, stayed steady, kept attacking,…

Drew Foster did not fade in his third match with Virginia Tech’s Zach Zavatsky in the NCAA Quarterfinals Friday morning. The Panther used smart attacks and then put on a punishing ride in first and third periods to earn his second All-American status of his career. “I think Foster’s wrestling incredible. Just solid, controlling everything,”…

After day one of the NCAA wrestling championships, the Northern Iowa Panthers have three men in the quarterfinals and have all six qualifiers in the tournament. Bryce Steiert, Taylor Lujan, and Drew Foster all made the  The Panthers were in the top ten for most of the afternoon and ended the day with 15.5 points,…

Northern Iowa nearly had a perfect morning as they went 5-1 in their six matches in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Josh Alber, Max Thomsen, Bryce Steiert, Taylor Lujan, and Drew Foster will all wrestle in the second round later tonight. Jay Schwarm was the only Panther to fall to the backside of…

The NCAA championships are set to get underway this Thursday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (just threw that in there since Ross added it to his Iowa and Iowa State previews, everybody knows that Ross!). UNI is coming off a third place finish at the Big 12 Championships this season, crowning one champion in Drew Foster, one…

Release courtsey of UNI Athletics  TULSA, Oklahoma — UNI wrestling will send six Panthers to the NCAA tournament and crowned one Big 12 champion tonight. Drew Foster avenged a dual loss by knocking off top-seeded No. 11 Sam Colbray of Iowa State in a 4-1 decision to become the first Panther to earn two Big 12 titles since…

Release courtesy of UNI Athletics Brackets can be found at the bottom of the page Session III: Noon-2 p.m. CT | Consolations semifinals (20 matches – 4 mats) / third- and fifth-place matches (20 matches – 4 mats) / true place matches if necessary Session IV: 7 p.m. CT | Finals (10 matches – 1…