CAREER NOTES
 - - 2011 First Team All-MAC
 - - 2011 MAC All-Tournament Team

2011 (Jr.): Earned first letter at Ball State ... First Team All-MAC ... MAC All-Tournament Team ... played in all 33 matches, earning 23 starts ... saw action in 106 of a possible 122 sets ... tied for first on the team with double-digit kills in 18 matches, including nine of the last 12 contests ... team-best 3.20 kills-per-set average ... tied her career-high with 20 kills at Western Michigan (Nov. 4), while adding a career-best seven total blocks ... posted 19 kills against Virginia Commonwealth (Sept. 17), while tagging 18 kills in three matches ... collected a career-high 20 digs in the MAC Tournament quarterfinal victory over Eastern Michigan (Nov. 11) ... has five kill/dig double-doubles on the year, including three of the last six matches ... tallied double-digit digs in six matches ... hit a career-best .533 (10-2-15) at Valparaiso and has hit .300-or-better 10 times this season ... served up a career-high three aces against St. Louis ... second on the team with 13 solo blocks, including a career-high three solo stuffs against Toledo (Sept. 22) ... tallied at least one block in 24 matches ... Marriott Volley Brawl All-Tournament Team ... Spartan Invitational All-Tournament Team.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
2010 (So.): Earned second letter at Maryland ... played in 21 matches, earning 19 starts ... saw action in 76 of a possible 117 sets ... ranked second on the team with a 2.55 kills-per-set average, while hitting .226 for the year ... recorded double-digit kills in eight matches ... tallied a season-high 17 kills in two matches, versus NC State (Oct. 29) and versus Duke (Nov. 14) ... tallied 14 kills in back-to-back matches versus Miami (Fla.) (Oct. 15) and No. 22 Florida State (Oct. 17) ... tied her career-high with four total blocks at Wake Forest (Sept. 30) ... posted a season-high six dig in the matched versus Wake Forest and Florida State.

2009 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Maryland ...  played in all 33 matches and 119 sets, earning 20 starts ... blasted a Maryland career-high 20 kills, while adding 10 digs and a .385 hitting mark in her collegiate debut against Stony Brook (Aug. 28) ... scored double-digit kills in 12 matches, including 16 in the season finale versus Boston College (Nov. 25) ... also hit a Maryland career-best .433 versus the Eagles ... added a Maryland career-best 12 digs versus Loyola (Md.), while posting double-figure digs in three matches ... collected a Maryland career-high four total blocks in two matches; versus the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Sept. 19) and versus No. 17 Florida State (Oct. 16).

PREP CAREER
Earned two letters at Bradley Bourbonnais as a freshman and sophomore, before opting to train with the Chicago Boys Ultimate Volleyball team as a junior and senior ... named team captain of her Ultimate squad as a senior ... five-time Junior Olympic qualifier ... helped guide her team to a first-place finish at the Asics National Championships in 2007 ... honorable mention all-state in 2005 and 2006 ... also earned all-area accolades both seasons.

PERSONAL
Majoring in communications ... born Oct. 19, 1990, in Kankakee, Ill. ... daughter of Don and Katie Bates ... has one brother, Andy, and one sister, Kelli ... father played college basketball at Florida State and Vanderbilt ... brother played football at Harper College ... full name is Kara Marie Bates.