2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2024 Season:
• Did not see game action, redshirted.
2023 Season:
• Made four appearances in relief as a sophomore.
• struck out a career-high three batters in two innings of relief at Oregon on March 24.
• worked a scoreless ninth inning against Little Rock on March 19 in his season debut.
2022 Season:
• Appeared in two games out of the bullpen in his first Division I season.
• made his NSU debut March 17, allowing two runs with a strikeout in an inning of work against South Dakota State on March 17.
High School:
• Three-year letterman for coach J.D. Stephens’ Tigers.
• three-time Perfect Game Preseason All-American and participated in the 2020 New Balance Future Stars Series International Week at Fenway Park.
• went 9-1 on the mound, earning District 1-5A Pitcher of the Year, LBCA Region I Pitcher of the Year, Shreveport Times All-City Pitcher of the Year and LBCA first-team all-state honors and helping Benton win the district title as a senior.
• went 3-0 in his pandemic-shortened junior season.
• went 3-1 for the district champions and state semifinalists as a sophomore, earning all-district honors.
• graduated with a 3.92 grade point average.
Personal:
• Born Nov. 20, 2002.
• son of Amy and Mat Gates.
• has one brother, Grant, and one sister, Mckenna.
• majoring in health and exercise science.
• plans to play professional baseball or work toward a job in physical therapy.
• life’s ambition is “to trust God’s plan for my life and be a positive influence for the next generation.”
