2009: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team...Played in 43 games, making 17 combined starts at second base and in the outfield...Hit .217 on the year, with four doubles and seven runs scored...Went 3-for-3 with two doubles and a run against Saint Joseph's (3/18)...Also tallied a 3-for-3 performance with a double, a run, and two RBI against Salem International (3/3)...Added a pair of RBI against Hillsdale (4/10) on a pinch-hit two-run single.
2008: Appeared in 36 games for the Lakers, recording two hits in 13 at-bats...Scored six runs, including a run in six different contests...Stole a pair of bases...Went 1-for-1 with a run scored against West Liberty State (3/22).
2007: Appeared in 36 games as a freshman, starting in one...Recorded nine runs and two hits in just 15 at-bats...Finished the season with one run batted in...Scored two runs on two hits with one double and one run batted in against West Liberty State (3/24).
High School: Prepped at Blissfield High School under head coach Chris Bates...Tallied a 38-8 record in four years as a pitcher...Recorded 290 strikeouts and hit .385 in her high school campaign...Posted 136 runs, 95 RBI, 120 stolen bases, and 193 base hits in four seasons...Earned all-district and all-region honors all four years...Named to Lenawee County Athletic Association First Team and all-county first team three times...Earned all-state honorable mention plaudits as a junior and all-academic team her junior and senior years...Helped team to conference championship her sophomore year and a district championship title her junior season...Also played four years of varsity basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Chris and Pauline Bates...Majoring in nursing.
Bates's Career Statistics |
Year | avg. | Gp-Gs | Ab | R | H | 2B | 3B | Hr | Rbi | Tb | Slg% | Bb | Ob% |
2007 | .133 | 36-1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | 0 | .133 |
2008 | .154 | 36-0 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 | 1 | .214 |
2009 | .217 | 43-17 | 60 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .283 | 5 | .288 |
Total | .193 | 115-18 | 88 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .250 | 6 | .253 |