2025 Women's Volleyball Roster

Darryl Oumi

4 Reese Bates

  • Position Libero/Defensive Specialist
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • High School Blue Valley Southwest High School
  • Hometown Overland Park, KS

Biography

PREVIOUS SCHOOL (2023-2024)
  • Spent the first two seasons of her college career at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana
SOPHOMORE (2024 AT BUTLER)
  • Appeared in 21 matches and 52 sets, recording 61 digs
  • Ranked fifth on the team with 13 service aces; set a new career-high with four service aces vs. Providence (October 13...
  • Earned a season-high nine digs versus Seton Hall (October 18)
FRESHMAN (2023 AT BUTLER) 
  • Appeared 26 matches, playing in 95 sets
  • Posted 158 total digs and 23 assists
  • Finished third on the team with 19 service aces
  • Registered a season-high 13 digs at Providence (October 13)
  • Tied for most service aces in a match by a Bulldog in 2023 with four versus DePaul (October 21)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
  • A four-year starter at Blue Valley Southwest, Bates' career high school statistics included more than 500 digs and 500 assists along with a 97-percent serving rate that featured more than 100 career aces
  • She earned multiple honors, including being named the KC Metro Sports All-Star Team and the Hyvee-Spectrum Athlete of the Week
  • Was a four-time AVCA Phenom, a four-time Top 100 Prep Volleyball honoree in Kansas, and a four-time All-Academic first team recipient in the state
  • On three occasions, she was part of the USAV Beach Open and participated in Kerri Walsh Jennings' first RAD Academy
  • In club play, Bates spent time with both Topeka Impact and the KC Power
  • In addition to her work on the court, Bates was also a four-year letterwinner in track and field, leading her 4x400 relay team to the state meet
  • Graduating with better than a 4.0 GPA, she earned National Honor Society and Chinese National Honor Society accolades
  • Bates was recognized as the 2023 Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center Rising Star Award Honoree for demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities, setting and achieving goals, and making a special impact in the community
PERSONAL
  • Born to Shannon and Randy Bates
  • Has one sibling, Austin Ray

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