Career: Foerstel has 20 stops and two sacks in 23 games as an Eagle.
2018: Listed as a starter at “Buck” defensive end on the preseason depth chart.
2017: Played in four games in 2017 and was not credited with any tackles.
2016: Redshirted to recover from a knee injury suffered the first week of fall practices. He had a pair of sacks in the Red-White Game, and had a total of six tackles in three spring scrimmages.
2015: He had seven tackles in eight games played as a sophomore. He had three tackles against Montana State (9/19/15) and had a sack against Idaho State (10/17/15). Was selected as the team’s defensive scout team player of the week once.
2014: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Was one of eight Eagle true freshmen to see action, making his debut in EWU’s opener against Montana Western (8/30/14). He had a season-high four tackles in just his second game as an Eagle versus Washington (9/6/14). He had a sack versus Montana (11/8/14).
HS: Graduated from Tumwater HS in 2014. He helped his high school to a 25-3 record in two seasons with a pair of State 2A runner-up finishes. As a senior, was picked for the
Tacoma News Tribune’s All-State team for all classifications as a first team defensive lineman. He was selected to the Associated Press 2A All-State team as a first team defensive lineman. Named by the
Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. He was picked as a first team selection on the
Tacoma News Tribune All-Area squad as a defensive lineman. Earned All-2A Evergreen Conference honors as a defensive lineman. He had 10 sacks as a senior with a total of 31 tackles. Foerstel led the Thunderbirds to a 13-0 record his senior season before falling 38-28 in the championship game of the State 2A Playoffs to Lynden, which won its third-straight title. Tumwater also lost to Lynden 41-7 in the 2012 title game in Foerstel’s junior season when the Thunderbirds finished 12-2. His Eastern teammate Trevor Davis Jr. (’15) and former teammate Zach Wimberly (’12) also attended Tumwater, as well as former Eagles Matt and Zach Johnson (’07).
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies liberal arts major. Born 10/31/95 in Olympia, Wash. Will turn 23 three days before Eastern plays at Northern Colorado. Full name is Nickolas Foerstel. His parents are Mark McBride and Jody Foerstel. Last name is pronounced “for-stell.”
| Year |
GP |
TT |
Hi |
S |
TL-Yds |
FF-FR |
PBU |
I-Yds |
| 2014 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
2-6 |
0-0 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2015 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1-5 |
1-1 |
0 |
0-0 |
| 2017 |
4 |
0 |
-- |
0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Totals |
23 |
20 |
4 |
2 |
3-11 |
1-1 |
0 |
0-0 |
