As A Senior (2017-18)
Named Second Team All-Conference to finish his career … Finished 9-4 as a senior in singles and 13-12 in doubles action … Stepped into the No. 6 spot in the lineup and went 6-2 in dual play … Finished the season with four-straight wins … Claimed the B Flight Doubles title alongside Ezequiel Cerrini at the Bedford Cup (Oct. 7), defeating three pairs from FAU and another from UNF … Went 4-1 in conference play, all coming at No. 6 … Paired with Felipe Escobar and Felipe Ramirez to post a 9-9 doubles record in dual play … Defeated Lipscomb at No. 3 doubles alongside Ramirez (March 29) … Finished his FGCU career with 55 wins, 31 coming in doubles play.


As A Junior (2016-17)
Finished the season with a 6-7 overall record in singles, including two crucial wins in conference play … Began the season with a win in his first match in more than a year, defeating Grand Canyon’s Valentin Lang 6-4, 7-5 and followed with a victory over UC Irvine’s Bruce Man Song Hing 3-6, 6-2, 11-9 … Later defeated Kennesaw State’s David Durham and Arkansas’ Austin Robles to finish the fall season … Came back from 0-5 down in the second set against Stetson’s Coilin MacNamara to win 6-4, 7-6 and later defeated Lipscomb’s Jorge Ortega 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 to help FGCU clinch a spot in the ASUN Tournament … Went 6-9 in doubles with wins over George Washington and #48 UCF in the spring.

As A Sophomore (2015-16)
Used a medical redshirt.

As A Freshman (2014-15)
Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team for Singles … Named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team … finished the season with an overall singles record of 6-2 which included a 3-0 mark in A-Sun play … partnered with Tianyu Bao, and Michael Beiler to post a 6-5 record playing doubles with a 2-1 mark in the conference … overall record of 10-9 for his freshman year. 

High School
Four-year member of Pope High School’s varsity team which won the Georgia High School state title in 2011 and place second in 2014 ...  went undefeated in the No. 1 singles slot, taking five matches in a dominant 6-0, 6-0, with his narrowest margin of victory being a 6-3, 6-3 win as a senior ... trained at the Stephen Diaz Tennis Academy in Marietta … saw a career-high rank of 363 nationally by the USTA and was listed 81st in the nation among all college tennis recruits for 2014.

Personal
Son of Lee and Ginny Bates … Has two siblings, Jordan and Preston … majoring in Exercise Science (BS) … Member of FGCU's Eagle Council ... was also recruited by Alabama, UNC Charlotte, East Carolina and Kennesaw State ... chose FGCU for the location, weather and the beach... member of the 2017-18 Eagles Council