2016: Saw action in four games for Norwich before a season-ending injury...Posted 20 tackles, including six tackles in three-straight games to begin the year...Notched two tackles for a combined loss of six yards...Posted a 30-yard interception return against WPI on Sept. 17...ECFC Defensive Player of the Week honoree on Sept. 19.
2015: Played in 11 games for the Cadets as a junior, making 41 total tackles including 22 solo tackles...Assisted four tackles against RPI on Sept. 5...Picked up a sack against St. Lawrence on Sept. 12 for a loss of 10 yards...Posted two tackles for a total loss of 11 yards against St. Lawrence...Notched seven total tackles against Maritime and later chipped in with eight tackles, including five of the solo variety, against Husson on Nov. 7...Posted at least one tackle in each of his 11 games for the Cadets...Broke up three passes on the year.
2014: Saw action in 10 games as a sophomore… credited six tackles on the year with a forced fumble against WPI (9/20) and a fumble recovery against St. Lawrence (9/13).
2013: Saw action in two games...credited with two tackles on the season, one against Becker (10/5) and another against Castleton (11/16).
BEFORE NORWICH: 2013 graduate of Marblehead HS...was a four-year member of the football and ice hockey teams…named a football team captain as a senior and was honored as the team’s defensive MVP…aided the Magicians to two Northeast Conference Championship titles in football…two-time All-League recipient…named a 2013 Salem News and Lynn Item All-Star...also named to the Shriner All-Star team as a senior and was selected as the North team’s defensive captain…junior and senior captain in ice hockey…helped the Magicians to a State Championship title as a senior…All-Star recipient in ice hockey in 2012 and 2013.
PERSONAL: Born on December 21, 1994…son of Thomas Bates and Kimberly Marks…has two siblings, Andrew and Colby Bates…Andrew plays ice hockey at Worcester State University…A member of the Norwich University Corps of Cadets...majoring in criminal justice.
