- 2022 All-RMAC second team
- 2021 D2CCA All-South Central Region second team
- 2021 All-RMAC first team
- 2021 MSU Denver Student-Athlete of the Week, Nov. 1
Career: Finished his career tied for ninth in program history with eight game-winning goals, tied for 15th with 18 goals and 19th with 44 points. He was also 14th in shots on goal (53), 15th in shots on goal per game (0.96), 17th in goals per game (0.33), tied for 20th in shots attempted (101), 21st in points per game (0.80 and 22nd in shots per game (1.84).
2023: Played in 19 games, starting 13, for a total of 892 minutes. ... Tied for second on the team with four goals, tied for second with three assists, and second with 11 points. ... Scored one game-winning goal. ... Second on the team with both 24 shots and 13 shots on goal. ... Set up Adan Perez with a pass from midfield for the game's first goal at 12:33, then scored for a 2-0 lead at 27:19 after taking a pass in the box in a 4-0 win at Adams State on Oct. 20. ... Ran on to Logan Hitzeman's header and deftly finished to the lower left corner at 50:07 for the first goal in a 2-0 win over South Dakota Mines on Oct. 13. ... Beautiful, leaping left-footed finish of an excellent pass from Logan Hitzeman gave MSU Denver a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute of an eventual 2-1 loss to Fort Lewis on Sept. 24. ... Set up Tanner Stevenson for a goal at 33:17 that gave MSU Denver a 2-1 lead in an eventual 3-3 tie at Lubbock Christian (Texas) on Sept. 7. ... Recorded the final goal in the 9-0 win over St. Cloud State (Minn.) on Sept. 3 after earlier recording his first assist.
2022: All-RMAC second team. ... Seventh in the RMAC in assists (five) and fifth in assists per game (0.29), ranking 96th in Division II in both categories. Tied for eighth in the RMAC and tied for 98th nationally with two game-winning goals. ... Had points in six straight games (two goals, four assists) and eight of ninth (four goals, four assists) from Sept. 9 through Sept. 30. ... Team leader in assists, tied for third in goals (four), and second in points (13). ... Took a team-high 34 shots, and was second with 12 shots on goal. ... Played in 17 games, starting 16, for a total of 1,093 minutes. ... Executed nifty pass to Noah Hannula in the box and picked up an assist when Hannula scored at 3:43 for the only goal in a 1-0 win over Colorado Christian on Sept. 30. ... Headed in Jonas Votaw's free kick into the box at 6:42 for the Roadrunners' goal in a 1-1 tie with Regis on Sept. 21. ... Assisted on Bryson Chiles' game-tying goal in the 55th minute to start MSU Denver's come-from-behind, 2-1 win at Fort Lewis on Sept. 18. ... Had assists on each of the first two goals in a 3-0 win at Regis on Sept. 14. ... Tied for first in the RMAC with two game-winning goals and tied for sixth with three goals. ... Converted for his third goal of the year with an assist by Kazuki Peralta for a 3-0 lead at 51:33 in a 4-1 win over Adams State on Sept. 11. ... Picked up the first assist of his MSU Denver career, as a quick series of passes from Tanner Stevenson and Bates set up a goal by Adan Perez at 46:02 for the only score in a 1-0 win over Newman (Kan.) on Sept. 9. ... Got his second game-winner of the season by scoring the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Lubbock Christian (Texas) on Sept. 1, with a header off a long cross from the corner by Aaron Biggerstaff in the 12th minute. ... Opened the scoring in the 4-0 win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Aug. 28 with a goal in the sixth minute, a firm shot from outside the left post into the right corner. It was his sixth career game-winning goal with MSU Denver.
2021: D2CCA All-South Central Region second team selection. ... Earned All-RMAC first team accolades. ... Finished second in the RMAC and 44th in NCAA Division II in goals (10). Led the RMAC and ranked eighth in Division II with five game-winning goals. Tied for second in the RMAC and 75th in the country in goals per game (0.53). Third in the RMAC and 94th nationally in points (20). Third in the RMAC in points per game (1.05). ... Led the RMAC and ranked 10th nationally in shot accuracy (.614). ... Already tied for 14th in program history for career game-winning goals, as his five in 2021 is tied for fifth on the Roadrunners’ single-season chart. ... In league play, recorded an RMAC-best four game-winning goals while ranking third with seven goals, 14 points, 1.3 points per game and 0.63 goals per game. Second in league play with 18 shots on goal and 1.6 shots on goal per game, tied for third in shots (31) and sixth in shots per game (2.8). ... Starter in all 19 games, he ranked third on the team among field players with 1,394 minutes played. ... Scored two spectacular goals to key MSU Denver’s rally from deficits of 2-0 and 3-1 in a 4-3 win over UCCS on Oct. 31. Scored the Roadrunners’ first goal while moving left, shooting with his left foot from near the top of the box through three defenders and the goalkeeper to the lower right corner. Scored the game-winner on a header of Sam Funnell’s cross in the 74th minute. ... Got his second straight game-winning goal on Oct. 22 at Adams State, tapping it in after Alec Nguyen headed Bryson Chiles’ corner kick off the intersection of the crossbar and upright. ... Scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season at 15:58 and 18:29 respectively, giving the Roadrunners a 2-0 lead in an eventual 3-1 win over Westminster on Oct. 17. ... Put two shots on goal in a 3-1 loss at Colorado Christian on Oct. 10. ... Scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick at 84:01 for a 2-1 victory over South Dakota Mines on Oct. 3. ... Set a school record for fastest goal at the start of a game, scoring 25 seconds into the Sept. 29 game at Regis to break Scott Grode’s 2003 school record of 29 seconds. ... His two goals in the final 15 minutes were the difference as MSU Denver came from behind for a 3-2 win against Texas-Permian Basin on Sept. 12. The game-winner came with 1:22 left in regulation. ... Scored the team’s first goal of the season in his MSU Denver debut, taking a pass from Sam Funnell in the box for a close shot on Sept. 3 against No. 24 St. Mary’s (Texas). He became the first Roadrunner to score in his team debut since Sam Funnell in 2019. Gianni Steijlen scored in his debut in 2018.
Before MSU Denver: Played two seasons at Division I Wisconsin-Green Bay, appearing in seven games, with four starts, while scoring one goal and adding an assist in 2019 before playing four games in 2020-21 for a total of 73 minutes.
Club: Played for KC Fusion Academy.
High School: Blue Valley Southwest, class of 2019. ... Selected United Soccer Coaches High School All-American. ... Named 2019 Gatorade Player of the Year in Kansas. ... Starter for West Region in 2018-19 High School All-American Game. ... Three-time all-state first team pick and leader of two-time state champions. ... Two-time All-Eastern Kansas League first team selection for two-time league champions. ... Had 75 goals and 34 assists in 60 career games.
Personal: Born Aidan Richard Bates. ... Birthday is March 20. ... Son of James and Desire Bates. ... Majoring in finance.
