CAREER HONORS
2024 CUSA Player of the Year
2024 First Team All-Conference USA (Utility)
2024 CUSA All-Tournament Team
2024 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2024 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Semifinalist
2023 Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-America (Utility)
2023 First Team All-Conference USA (Utility)
2023 Second Team All-Conference USA (Relief Pitcher)
2023 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Region (Relief Pitcher)
2023 First Team All-Louisiana (Utility)

2024: Started and played in all 69 games ... Had an ERA of 3.43 on the bump, with 52 punch-outs and 20 walks in relief this season ... Pitched 44.2 innings (36 appearances) of relief with a 2-1 record and led the nation in saves with 17, which was also a new LA Tech single-season saves record ... Held opponents to a batting average of .180, second lowest on the team ... At the plate, batted .337 with 87 hits and 74 RBIs with 15 home runs, leading the team in both RBIs and doubles ... Had five games with a save and a home run ... Had three-homer game with season-high six RBIs against New Mexico State (5/4) ... Had three straight games with a home run (Arizona 4/14, ULM 4/16, Dallas Baptist 4/19) ... Threw a season-high four strikeouts against (Northern Colorado 2/17, Kent State 2/24, Army 3/1, Middle Tennessee 4/6).

2023: Started 56 of 57 games as a position player (31 at 2B, 18 at 3B, and 7 at DH) while also making 25 appearances on the mound as the primary closer ... Slashed .270/.540/.377 (BA/SLG/OBP) with 16 home runs, eight doubles, one triple, 38 RBIs, 36 runs scored and one stolen base ... His 16 homers ranked second on the team and seventh in CUSA ... Recorded 14 mult-hit games, including four contests with three base knocks ... Had eight games with multiple RBIs ... Longest hitting streak was eight games ... Ended the season with a 23-game on-base streak, tied for longest by a Bulldog this season ... Had two separate streaks of hitting a home run in three straight games ... Anchored the team with five sacrifice flies ... Went 3-for-3 with a season-high four RBIs versus Northwestern (3/3) ... Hit grand slam versus ULM (4/12) for a second four-RBI performance ... As a pitcher, posted a team-best ERA of 3.02 with a 4-3 overall record while throwing 44.2 innings and striking out 57 batters ... Tallied 10 saves, third most in CUSA and tied for second most in a single season in program history ... First pitching appearance as a Bulldog came against BYU (2/20), collecting the win after striking out a season-high five in 2.1 innings ... Threw a season-high 5.0 innings of scoreless baseball in 16-inning game at Florida Atlantic (5/13), allowing just two hits and striking out four.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Batted .324 at Navarro Junior College ... All-State and All-Conference at Lakeside High School.

PERSONAL: Son of Rodger and Robin Bates ... Sister, Emilee.