Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2021: Appeared in all 11 meets as a bars specialist…Named a 2021 USA Gymnastics First Team All-American for bars…Competed on floor in three meets…Registered six scores of 9.700 or higher…Posted four bars routines of 9.700 or higher from Jan. 22 (Tennessee Collegiate Classic with Northern Illinois and Lindenwood) to Feb. 12 (GymQuarters Invitational)…Opened that streak with consecutive 9.750s at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic (1/22) and against Texas Woman’s (1/29)…Also had a season-high 9.675 on floor at the home dual…Notched a career-best matching 9.825 on bars at GymQuarters Invitational (2/12)…Added a bars mark of 9.750 against Illinois State and Lindenwood (3/12)…Posted a 9.675 on bars at the 2021 MIC Championship (3/19)…Compiled a 9.725 on bars at the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships Team Finals (4/10) to help the Redhawks capture the team title...Named a USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals Scholar Athlete and a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete.

2020 (Shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic): Appeared in all 11 meets as a bars specialist…Registered five scores of 9.700 or higher during the campaign and captured one individual event title…Opened the season with a 9.775 at #16-ranked Missouri's tri meet with Illinois (1/4/2020) in her first meet back from injury since the 2019 opener, a year ago to the day at Alabama (1/4/19)…Tallied a career-best bars mark of 9.825 for second overall at the meet in Southeast’s upset victory over Lindenwood (2/7), 193.925-193.600, at Houck Field House…Captured her first title of the season and sixth of her career with a 9.700 on bars in the opening rotation at the GymQuarters Mardi Gras Invitational tri meet (2/14) with Centenary and Seattle Pacific…Finished 2020 with consecutive marks of 9.700 or higher with a 9.750 at Centenary (3/1) and a 9.700 at Lindenwood’s tri meet (3/6) with Air Force…Named a Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) Academic All-American, a USA Gymnastics Women's Collegiate Nationals Scholar Athlete, a Midwest Independent Conference Scholar-Athlete and selected to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2019: Competed in one meet before suffering a season-ending injury…Recorded a 9.650 on bars in the season-opening quad meet at Alabama with Temple and Northern Illinois (1/4)…Named MIC Scholar-Athlete.

2018: Competed in eight meets before a season-ending injury...Was an all-arounder in four meets...Recorded eight scores of 9.700 or higher...Led the freshman class with five event titles in 2018...Won bars (career high 9.725), beam (9.700) and the all-around title (personal best 38.950) in the second meet of the season vs. Illinois State (1/12)...Added a 9.750 on vault and a score of 9.775 on floor...Captured the beam (personal best 9.800) and all-around title (38.250) three days later on Martin Luther King Day vs. Lindenwood (1/15)...Added career-high scores of 9.775 and 9.800 on vault and beam...Earned MIC Newcomer of the Week (1/17) for her efforts against ISU and Lindenwood...Totaled a 38.475 in the all-around vs. Illinois-Chicago (2/18)...Named MIC Scholar-Athlete...Earned Newcomer of the Year at the season-ending banquet (4/28)...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

Club: Was a Junior Olympic National Qualifier in both her senior and junior seasons...Qualified for the Junior Olympic NIT meet as a sophomore...Coached by her mother, Jessica Bates, and Frank Susana...Graduated with honors from Hagerty in 2017.

Personal: Born on Dec. 21, 1998...Daughter of David and Jessica Bates...Majoring in Health Sciences: General Health Sciences.