2011 Second Team All-SCAC
2009, 2010, and 2011 Academic All-SCACSelection
2011: Second Team All-SCAC selection...Academic All-SCAC selection... First Team All-SCAC selection on theMillspas Baseball Team... played in all 10 games for the Majors asa punter... averaged 34.4 yards per punt on 47 attempts... had aSCAC-leading 13 punts inside the 20... had two 50+ yard puntsincluding a career long 54 yards on October 8th against AustinCollege.
2010: Academic All-SCAC selection...All-SCAC Honorable Mention as an infielder for the Millsapsbaseball team... played in three games and had nine punts in hissophomore season... had nine punts with a 31.4 average and one ballkicked inside the 20 yard line.
2009: Academic All-SCAC selection... Didnot see time on the field as a true freshman.
High School: A four-sport athlete at 1A HolyTrinity Academy... lettered three years in football at widereceiver/kicker for head coach Eddie Edwards... a three-timeall-county selection... also a second team all-state nod... wasnamed Rookie of the Year, Best Special Teams Player and MostImproved Wide Receiver during his career... also a five-yearletterman in baseball, three-year letterman in soccer and one-yearletterman in golf... part of four district championships on thesoccer field.
Personal: Son of John and Sandra Gates... hasan older sister, Kim and an older brother, Scott... majoring inmathematics...