2018 Soccer Roster
Bates, Emily
vs
Arkansas
Sep 21 (Sun)
7:00 PM
Jersey Number 2
Emily Bates
- Position:
- Midfielder/Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Melissa
- Hometown:
- Melissa, Texas
Bio
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region- First Team (2018)
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-West Region- Second Team (2018)
- SEC All-Tournament Team (2017)
- Texas A&M Leading Assists (2017)
- Texas A&M Offensive MVP (2016)
- Texas A&M Perseverance Award (2016)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
- Texas A&M Newcomer of the Year (2015)
- Texas A&M Assists Leader (2015)
- SEC All-Tournament Team (2015)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
- SEC Freshman of the Week (9/14/15)
- CollegeSoccer360.com Freshman of the Week (9/14/15)
- CollegeSoccer360.com Primetime Performers (9/14/15)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week – honorable mention (9/15/15)
CAREER: SEC All-Freshman Team in 2015 and two-time SEC All-Tournament Team honoree... owns 73 Aggie caps, including 68 starts... has logged 51 career points on 19 goals and 13 assists... has registered six game-winning goals.
2018 – SENIOR: Has appeared in 21 games, including 20 starts for the Aggies... logged 108 minutes in the Aggies' overtime match against North Texas (11/18)... scored a goal against Santa Clara (9/2)… scored two goals in the match at Kentucky (10/7), one of which was a game winning goal… registered a fourth goal against South Carolina (10/30)... played in seven full 90-minute games...
2017 – JUNIOR: Appeared in 18 games on the season, all starts... ranked second on the squad with 14 points on four goals and a team-high six assists... started the first 11 games for the Aggies before missing games with an injury... returned from injury and started the last seven games... played in six SEC goals, logging six points on one goal and four assists... scored a goal on the road against Kansas taking six shot with three on goal (9/10)... assisted on a go-ahead goal in the Aggies win over No. 6 Florida (9/21)... notched her second assist of the season in the opening minutes against Arkansas (9/29)... assisted on each of the Aggies’ two goals in their win over Vanderbilt (10/22)... scored a goal in the regular-season finale against Mississippi State (10/26) ... tallied two assists in the opening round of the SEC Tournament against Missouri (10/31)... scored the game-winning goal in the SEC Tournament championship game against Arkansas (11/4)... earned SEC All-Tournament honors ... scored the game-tying goal in the final minutes in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Notre Dame (11/17).
2016 – SOPHOMORE: Played in 17 games, including 14 starts... racked up 11 points on the year, with 5 goals and 1 assist... notched 2 game-winning goals... registered 29 shots, including 15 shots-on-goal... scored the lone Aggie goal in a 1-0 win versus Little Rock (9/2)... notched a goal in A&M’s 2-0 triumph against Illinois (9/4)... tallied an assist on the lone goal in a 1-0 victory against Georgia (9/16)... recorded A&M’s only goal in a 2-1 loss at Ole Miss (10/14)... logged the Aggies’ only two goals at the SEC Tournament with tallies against Alabama (10/31) and South Carolina (11/2).
2015 – FRESHMAN: Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team... Earned a spot on the TDS Division I Freshman Best XI... finished season at No. 18 on the TDS Freshman Top 100... appeared in 22 games, including 21 starts... notched 20 points on 7 goals and six assists... tallied 2 game-winning goals... unleashed 52 shots, including 25 shots-on-goal for the season... made her career debut for the Aggies in a season opener win against Rice (8/21)... assisted with a goal against Northwestern State (8/23)... also assisted with two goals against UC Irvine (8/28)... scored her first career goal against Florida Atlantic (8/30)... recorded her second goal of the season at Florida State (9/4)... assisted with a goal against Abilene Christian (9/6)... scored her third goal of this season against Florida (9/10)... garnered her fifth assist of the season against Dayton (9/13)... gained recognition when named SEC Freshman of the Week after two road wins against Florida (9/10) and Dayton (9/13)... came back from missing four games with a leg injury to knock in two goals at home against Alabama (10/9)... scored lone goal in 1-0 win against LSU, advancing the Aggies to their third consecutive SEC Tournament championship match (11/6).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Serving as captain at Melissa High School in the first year of the team’s existence... multiple-sport athlete at Melissa HS with varsity letters in basketball and track & field... Has helped Melissa HS to a No. 5 ranking in 4A with 43 goals through 14 games... earned second-team All-District 12-3A honors in basketball as a freshman and sophomore... represented Melissa HS at the area champion 4x200 title winner and state championship-qualifying 4x400 unit as a junior... invited to multiple Player Devolvement program and Id2 national events... in March 2012, she was the youngest player named to the Top XI of the Dallas ECNL/id2 Player Development Program... member of the Dallas Texans Soccer Club for the last six years, including five years as a captain... paced Texans’ U17 ECNL squad coached by Tim Bennett to a fourth-place finish at the 2014 ECNL National Championship in Richmond, Virginia... participated in Dallas-market U.S. soccer events... was a member of the United States National Team on the U15 and U17 levels.
PERSONAL: Graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology in December 2018.
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Monday, September 08
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Sunday, September 07
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