Rylee Forster

AWARDS:
Senior Season (2023)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Junior Season (2022)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore season (2021)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Freshman season (2020-21)
· First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

2023: Made appearances in a career-high nine games, making starts in three…picked up first career start in 2-0 win over Furman (Sept. 10) at home…

2022: Played in 2-0 win over East Carolina (Aug. 21) and 3-0 win against Furman (Sept. 4), both at home…started in both NCAA Tournament games against JMU (No. 10) and Stanford (Nov. 17), playing a season-high 48 minutes against the Cardinal…

2021: Did not see game action due to injury

2020-21: Was on her way to a great first season with the program before being sidelined with an injury during the spring portion of the season… Appeared in 13 matches in her first season in the Garnet and Black and started in two… Made her debut against Georgia off the bench in the season opener, playing 19 minutes… Made her first career start against Elon, playing a career-high 51 minutes… Made another start against Clemson before suffering her injury 12 minutes into the contest… Scored her first career goal in her first appearance at Stone Stadium, scoring an insurance goal in the 4-1 win over the Tigers… Scored her first career game-winning goal against Florida in a 4-2 win at home… Registered two assists during the season, the first coming against No. 3 Arkansas, helping the Gamecocks win their second-highest ranked win in program history… Added another assist against the Razorbacks during the SEC Tournament semifinals… Finished with six points, the third-most among the freshman class… Was a part of one of the most offensively productive freshmen classes in Carolina history, aiding the class to score 15 goals during the season, over half of the total goals (29) the team scored during the season.

PRE-COLLEGE: Three-star prospect according to TopDrawerSoccer.com… Made the U.S. Developmental Academy league Final Four with United Soccer Alliance… Team captain from 2015-18 with club team… Participated in 2018 ECNL/ID2 National Training Camp in Portland… Attended 2017 ID2 National Training Camp in Raleigh… Trained at 2016-17 US Soccer training combine… Won Regional championship in 2017-18 at Providence School… Was named Most Valuable Player on high school team in 2017-18… Was team captain from 2017-18 and named 2016-17 Best Offensive Player… Was the top scorer on high school squad from 2016-18… Was a two-sport athlete in high school, earning four letters in soccer and two in track and field… Holds school record for 400m… 2018 FHSAA Regional champion in the 4x800m relay and finished fifth at the state track and field meet… Was a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society

PERSONAL: Mother Lee Anne played softball at St. Petersburg College… Intends to major in Exercise Science and has goals of becoming a physical therapist… Has two siblings, Zachary (14) and Trey (11)…Daughter of Lee Anne and Tony Forster

Chose the University of South Carolina because: “I chose the University of South Carolina because of the school’s beautiful campus and atmosphere. When walking on campus, I can sense the school spirit that the students have. I also love the coaching staff at the University of South Carolina, they are always so supportive and have great expectations.”