OMAHA, Neb. -- Sometimes it takes a lot for a college swimmer to get noticed.

For 24-year-old David Foster, simply being in the right place and the right time got him more television time than he ever got while swimming for Nebraska.

Standing in the bleacher seats in right center field, Foster ensured a Nebraska home run by snagging Dan Johnson's solo shot from the hands of the Tulane center fielder.

He caught Johnson's home run in the seventh inning of the elimination game over the outstretched hands and later protests of Tulane's Jon Kaplan.

The umpire ruled there was no fan interference and the home run stood. It didn't matter as Tulane won the game 6-5 and eliminated the Huskers.

"This is the most exposure I ever got," said Foster, who was a member of the Cornhuskers swimming team through the 1999 season.

Foster, a computer analyst, said he should not go down as a Midwestern version of Jeffrey Maier.

The then-12-year-old Maier reached onto the field during the first game of the 1996 American League Championship Series game between New York and Baltimore, turning a long Derek Jeter fly ball into a home run. New York went on to win the World Series.

"Got to help the home team out," Foster joked.