Georgia Gwinnett College Athletics

CAREER:
* 2022 Honorable Mention NAIA All-America team selection
* 2022 Continental Athletic Conference Player of the Year
* Named the 2022 CAC Baseball Championship Most Outstanding Player
* Three-time all-conference selection (2022, 2021 and 2020 seasons)
* 2022 and 2021 conference Gold Glove award winner
* Has a .382 batting average, highlighted by a .432 clip in 2022
* Drove in 58 runs and legged 20 doubles during the 2021 season
* Has collected 175 hits, led by 82 hits during the 2022 season
* Hit a solo home run in second game of Cumberland (Tennessee) doubleheader on February 5, 2022
* Appeared in 136 games
* Named CAC Hitter of the Week on February 14, 2022
* Connected on first two home runs at GGC in 2021
* Hit first homer at Columbia International (South Carolina) on March 30, 2021
* Added a home run against Central Methodist (Missouri) at the Avista NAIA World Series on June 1, 2021
* Helped lead the 2021 team to the program’s first NAIA national championship
* Member of the 2022 and 2021 conference championship teams

PRIOR TO GGC:
* Earned the Southern Conference Player of the Year award at Eastern Florida State College
* Attended Chipola College (Florida) where team won the Junior College 2018 national championship
* Helped lead IMG Academy (Florida) to a high school national championship
* Named the Player of the Year at IMG Academy

PERSONAL:
* Son of Chris and Linda Bates
* Brothers Chris and Schuyler played college baseball at University of Richmond (Virginia) and Penn State University