We first saw Payton Foster when she was a Freshman at Dike-New Hartford while she was competing with a group to remember. A group that won multiple State Titles under HC Bruce Dall, who is now at Cedar Rapids Prairie. Dall saw the promise is Foster early on. It was no joke to play on those teams so that she got some floor time is noteworthy. Since then Foster has make DNH her own in several ways. She is one of their main producers and facilitators at the PG position, always hitting her open teammates coming down the floor with a nice assist or getting into the teeth of the defense herself for a simple look from closer range. Foster has recently committed to the D3 power house that is Wartburg. This is a nice pickup for Wartburg as they look to stay competitive and at the top of their conference moving forward.

Last season was one of reality for Dike – New Hartford. DNH is a program that dominated the state of Iowa for year’s because of their mixture of high level prospects, their competition level, and their coaching but last Winter that all changed as they lost most of their top producers to graduation and their HC to a new program. With that being said, someone to step up for the Wolverines in a major way was PG – Payton Foster Payton Foster 5'7" | PG Dike-New Hartford | 2027 IA and I expect more of that this season as well. Foster is this team’s life force. When this group is doing well, usually it’s because Foster is having a good game. When you are the focal point of a program, the real one’s can tell. We saw that first hand last season out of Foster and I’m sure we will see it once again over the next six months as well.