Grace Foster added to an already stacked trophy case after being named the Lone Star Conference women’s basketball Player of the Year and the Academic Player of the Year during a banquet ceremony in Frisco on Wednesday night ahead of the LSC Tournament that begins Thursday.
The 2025 LSC Player of the Year award is the second for Foster who was the 2023 award recipient.
Foster, a Childress graduate, is a three-time All-Conference First Team selection, finishing the regular season averaging 19.1 points a night with seven rebounds and 2.4 assists. Foster ranks among the LSC top five in scoring; field goal (.519), three-point field goal (.400), and free throw (.884); and blocked shots (1.4).
On top of that massive accomplishment, Foster was also named the 2025 Lone Star Conference women’s basketball Academic Player of the Year, leading the five-player Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team announced by the Conference on Wednesday.
A criminal justice major, Foster is a two-time LSC Academic Player of the Year honoree and named to the All-Academic Team for a third season. Foster, who carries a 4.0 grade-point average, was named to the CSC Division II Academic All-America First Team in 2024 and has been cited for LSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition throughout her career.
West Texas A&M guard and Wellington graduate Kyla Kane was named as an ALL-LSC second team selection. Kane averaged 13.1 points a game with 4.3 rebounds for the Lady Buffs this past season.
Lubbock Christian head coach Steve Gomez was voted LSC Noel Johnson Coach of the Year. Gomez, who earned his second Coach of the Year honor (2021, ’25), directed the Lady Chapparals to the LSC regular-season co-championship (21-1) and a perfect 14-0 run to the West Division title.