Sis Bates

Nicole "Sis" Bates is a former American college softball player for the Washington Huskies. She is also a member of the US National softball team.[1][2]

Sis Bates
Born: Nicole Bates
February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24) (age 25)
Ceres, California
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Bates was born and raised in Ceres, California where she grew up playing baseball with her brother, Jimmy, which earned her the nickname of "Sis".[1] During her high school years, Bates traveled 12 hours every Sunday to practice with her club team, Firecrackers Rico, in Southern California.[1] She graduated from Ceres High School in 2016 and attended the University of Washington.

Playing career

Bates began her collegiate career for the Washington Huskies in 2017. During her freshman year she led the team and conference in triples with six, one shy from tying the program's single-season record.

She helped lead the team to three consecutive Women's College World Series appearances from 2017 to 2019.[3] She became the sixth Husky to compile 200 or more hits in her first three seasons. She hit .529 in 15 games before the 2020 season was abruptly cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

She has a .385 career batting average and hit .571 in 2020. She made zero errors in 2020 and two in 166 chances in 2019.[4] She was named the Greatest Softball Shortstop of All Time by ESPN in 2020.[5] She finished her career as the all-time leader in hits in program history. She was named Softball America Defensive Player of the Year three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021. She accumulated just five total errors at shortstop since the start of the 2019 season, which covered 125 games. Bates finished her college career with a fielding percentage of .982, the second-highest mark of any middle infielder in Washington program history.[6]

She now plays professionally as a shortstop in the Athletes Unlimited Softball league.[7]

National team career

On August 31, 2023, Bates was named to the United States women's national softball team for the 2023 Pan American Games.[8]

References
  1. "How a family's dedication propelled Washington softball's Sis Bates into the stratosphere | The Seattle Times". 5 February 2019.
  2. "Sis Bates". Team USA. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  4. Monagan, Matt (February 20, 2020). "Meet Sis Bates, a shortstop you need to see". MLB.com. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  5. "UW Huskies' Sis Bates voted greatest college softball shortstop of all time | The Seattle Times". 12 June 2020.
  6. "2021 NCAA Defensive Player Of The Year: Sis Bates". softballamerica.com. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  7. "Sis Bates".
  8. "USA Softball announces 16-player Women's National Team roster set to represent Team USA at 2023 Pan American Games". usasoftball.com. August 31, 2023. Retrieved September 8, 2023.


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