Tori Bates

Height:
6-1
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Allen HS
Hometown:
Allen, Texas

Bates' 2014 Match-By-Match Statistics Bates' 2015 Match-By-Match Statistics

2015 (Senior): Closed out her career by competing in all but one of the Ladyjacks 34 matches...played in the fifth-most sets (116) of any player on SFA's roster and made 21 appearances in the starting lineup...ranked third on the squad in total kills with 226 and fifth in kills per set (1.95) while hitting .169 when stationed in the front row...finished the season with the seventh-most service aces (10) among all team members...defensively, finished with 64 total blocks - translating to the third-most on the team - as well as 106 digs which was the sixth-most in SFA's ranks...notched seven matches of 10 of more kills...registered her only double-double of the season in a 3-2 win over McNeese (9/26) where she struck for 16 kills and 11 digs - both of which were season highs...named the MVP of the SFA Volleyball Invitational after averaging 9.5 kills, 4.3 digs and 1.8 blocks per match on the strength of a .318 attack percentage.

2014 (Junior): Helped the Ladyjacks win an eighth Southland Conference Championship with a perfect 16-0 league record -- the program's first undefeated league mark since 2006 ... Appeared in 91 sets over 28 matches, making 25 starts on the year ... Ranked fourth on the team with 183 kills, a 2.01 kills per set average, 18 service aces and 52 total blocks ... Owned a .187 attack percentage ... Finished the season with 97 digs, averaging 1.07 digs per set ... Recorded double digit kills six times with a season-high 14 kills against Rice (9/20) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/9) ... Tallied 10 digs against Southeastern Louisiana (10/16) ... Part of the SFA team that won 17 straight matches from Sept. 25 to Nov. 21 -- the fifth-longest winning streak in the nation over the stretch ... Helped the Ladyjacks record 13 sweeps during the 16-match SLC schedule.

2013 (Sophomore): Appeared in 69 sets ... registered 179 kills to average 2.59 per set ... averaged 1.16 digs per set with 111 total digs ... tallied 10+ kills in 8 matches ... season-high 20 kills in 3-1 win over Lamar (10/26) ... posted 3 double-doubles where SFA went 3-0 in those matches ... had 10+ digs in 6 matches throughout the season.

2012: Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference ... appeared and started in all but five sets across the 36 match season as a true freshman ... led the team with 42 service aces, 16 in conference play ... finished second on the team with five double-doubles ... finished third in both kills (301) and digs (255) ... recorded 72 total blocks (4 BS/68 BA) and 18 assists ... recorded 16 matches of 10 kills or more and 12 matches of 10 digs or more ... made collegiate debut, with 11 kills, five kills, two assists and one service ace, against Texas-Pan American (8/24) ... recorded 12 kills and six digs against Savannah State (8/25) ... recorded season-high four service aces, along with 11 digs and nine kills at Texas-Arlington (8/25) ... recorded 12 kills and five digs against South Dakota (9/1) ... recorded back-to-back 11 kill performances, with five digs in the program's first-ever win over a Big 10 school in 3-2 win over Indiana (9/7) and six digs against host Butler (9/7) ... recorded 12 kills on three separate occasions, with conference matches against Sam Houston State (9/18) and on the road at Lamar (9/22) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10/6) ... recorded first career double-double and consecutive double-doubles, with a season-high 18 kills and 12 digs at Houston Baptist (10/16) and a 11 kill, 11 dig showing against McNeese State (10/18) ... recorded a 14 kill, 13 dig double double against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11/6) ... recorded season-high 16 digs, along with 9 digs, against North Texas (10/31) ... also recorded 16 digs in one of two double-double performances recorded in the Southland Conference Tournament.

High School: Three-year letter winner for coach Kelly Gregorview at Allen High School ... was a three-time all-district selection ... played three years for Skyline on club circuit before closing club career for Instinct in 2012 ... earned MVP and all-America honors on club circuit while leading teams to a second-place finish at nationals.

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Billy Bates.