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14 Jackie Bates

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Middletown South/Lincroft, N.J.

Biography

As a senior (2015):

Started all 49 games at center field ... Second Team All-Big Ten selection ... earned NCFA All-Region Second Team accolades ... broke the Rutgers career record with 40 home runs after registering a single-season program-high 22 homers ... reset the RU single-season records for RBIs (56) and walks (38) ... selected as an inital candidate for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award ... holds a 14-game hitting streak ... went 3-for-3 in the 4-0 shutout of Saint Mary's (Feb. 27) ... finished the weekend at the Fresno State Louisville Slugger Bash with a .667 batting average, recording a team-leading eight hits with four RBIs, three doubles, a triple, a home run and two walks ... tying her career-high in four at bats, she recorded three hits, including a two-run homer in the win over Bakersfield (Mar. 7) ... guided RU to a 4-1 record at the Michele Smith Spring Break Tournament with seven hits, eight runs, five RBIs, three home runs, along with a 1.133 slugging percentage, .467 batting average and a .579 on base percentage ... went 3-for-3 in the 8-5 win over UMass (Mar. 13), including three runs, one walk and one double ... registered a two-run homer in her first at bat in two consecutive contests, including the win over Toledo (Mar. 14) and the eighth-inning loss to Iowa State (Mar. 15) ... notched a two-run homer for her third consecutive contest in RU's first-ever Big Ten victory at Indiana (Mar. 20) ... went 3-for-5 at the plate, recording a career-high four RBIs, two doubles and one triple at Purdue (Mar. 28) ... posted a 3-for-3 performance with a career-high two home runs in the 7-5 win over Stony Brook (Apr. 1) ... recorded a career-best eight RBIs in the 22-17 victory over Michigan State (Apr. 4) ... also added a three-run homer, two walks, and one run of her own in a 3-for-4 showing at the plate ... registered a home run in three consecutive midweek contests en route to tying for the Rutgers single-season record with 13 long balls (April 14-15) ... notched a homer in the 3-2 win over Ohio State (Apr. 18) ... posted her second multi-home run game of the year with two long balls at OSU (Apr. 18) ... drew six walks in addition to a 2-for-2 performance at the plate in the doubleheader sweep of Maryland (Apr. 21)...led team in HR (22), RBI (56), and Runs (58).

As a junior (2014): Led the Scarlet Knights with a .390 batting average, 16 doubles, 40 RBIs and a .685 slugging percentage while starting all 47 games in center field ... named to the NFCA Division I All-Mid east First Team and the All-American Athletic Conference First Team for her standout performance ... tied for the team lead with nine home runs ... her 16 doubles were the third-most recorded by a Scarlet Knight in school history ... finished second on RU with 57 hits, 23 walks and 100 total bases ... added two hits including a home run for RU in a win over Connecticut (April 27) ... had a 10-game hitting streak snapped against St. John's (April 23) ... drove in five RBIs and hit a homerun in a three-game series at home against Memphis (April 18-19) ... guided RU to a 4-2 week and earned a spot on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll, hitting .579 (11-for-19) with five doubles, a home run, six RBIs and a 1.000 slugging percentage (April 1-6) ... hit .400 in the three-game series against Louisville, picking up two runs and four RBIs (March 22-23) ... hit .421 with a home run in RU's 6-0 weekend in Clearwater, Fla. (March 14-16) ... batted .438 and drove in nine runs in all five games during the NFCA Division I Leadoff Classic (Feb. 21-23) ... drove in three runs with one home run against College of Charleston, going 3-for-4 at the plate in the victory (Feb. 23) ... went 2-for-3 in the 5-0 win over UTSA, hitting her first home run of the season (Feb. 15).


As a sophomore (2013): Started all 56 games for the Scarlet Knights and led the squad with 35 RBIs ... went a career best 3-for-3 in a 10-0 win over Rider, hitting a home run and double, scoring two runs and notching four RBIs ... scored three runs and knocked in three as part of a 2-for-4 day against Villanova (April 10) ... went 2-for-3 against Cornell, posting two RBIs, two walks and a homer ... went 3-for-3 with a double, run scored and a pair of RBIs in a win over Hartford (March 27) ... posted a .444 batting average with four runs scored and one RBI in the Scarlet Knights' BIG EAST-opening series against USF (March 24) ... notched her first RBI of the season in the team's season-opener against Boise State (Feb. 17).

As a freshman (2012): Started 49 of 51 games played in the outfield ... recorded 48 putouts from the outfield and notched three putouts in four different games ... finished with a .216 average on the year with three doubles, three home runs and 12 RBIs ... recorded two hits and three RBIs in the first of a three-game series against St. John's (April 28) ... recorded two RBIs against Miss. Valley State (Feb. 11) ... was fourth on the team in runs with 17 ... drew 14 walks, good for second on the team ... recorded two stolen bases.

Prior to Rutgers: A varsity starter at Middletown High School South all four seasons ... co-captain during her senior year ... mounted career statistics of 308 at bats, 127 hits, 27 doubles, six triples, 19 home runs (current record holder at Middletown), 89 RBI's, 37 stolen bases and a .412 batting average ... team dubbed Class A North Division Champions (2008-11) and Central Jersey Group III Champions (2008-11) ... team won New Jersey State Group III Championship in back-to-back seasons ... a three-time First Team All-Shore Conference and First Team All-Class A North selection ... named first team all-state during her junior and senior campaigns ... a First Team All-Group III and First Team All-Monmouth County honoree since sophomore season ... was a 2010 nominee for Gatorade Player of the Year ... selected as Co-MVP for the Middletown High School South softball team in 2011 ... made the Honor Roll/High Honor Roll during all four years ... recognized by the Middletown Township Board of Education Commendation for Exemplary Achievement ... played for the JAXX Gold club team since 2008.

Personal: Parents are Albert and Susan ... plans to major in animal science ... her mother, Susan, graduated from Rutgers in 1988.
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