Roderick Allen Foster (born October 10, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player (6'1", 160 lb) who played for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA.

As a senior at St Thomas Aquinas in New Britain, Connecticut, "Rocket" Rod Foster averaged 30.2 points per game, and led his team to the State Championship.

[1] As a freshman at UCLA, Foster helped lead the Bruins to the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Finals in 1980, where they lost to the Louisville Cardinals, playing under coach Larry Brown.

Foster then had 19 points in the next NCAA tournament game, a 72–68 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes.

[9] In March, 1986, Foster suffered a compound fracture in his left leg in a jeep accident in the Arizona desert which ended his playing career.