Hudson Bates Hometown: Richmond, Va. High School: Monacan Last College: Long Beach State Height: 6-5 Position: Outside Hitter Graduated: 2008

2008: Started all 28 matches during the season, playing in 108 of the Patriots' 109 games... Named First-Team EIVA All-East... Two-time EIVA Tait Division Player of the Week honoree... Named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame Morgan Classic All-Tournament Team, helping the Patriots to a runner-up finish at the tournament... Second on the team in kills per game (3.76) and points per game (4.41)... Served 17 aces during the season... Finished with 99 total blocks, for an average of 0.92 per game... Recorded 140 digs, for an average of 1.30 per game... Had the most reception attempts on the team with 805 with a .948 receiving percentage.

2007: Saw action in three matches and 10 games before injuring his wrist and sitting out the remainder of the season, earning a medical redshirt... Recorded 17 kills and seven digs against Ball State on Jan. 19... Hit .316 with 10 kills against Lees-McRae on Jan. 27... Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll during the fall semester... Made the Dean's List during the spring semester.

2006: Saw action in 26 of the Patriots' 28 matches, participating in 90 games during the season... Was second on the team in total kills (323), kills per game (3.59) and points per game (4.39)... His 323 kills ranks seventh all-time at Mason for a single season during the rally-scoring era... Reached double-digit kill totals in 18 matches during the season, recording a season-high of 22 in two different matches during the season, on April 1 against St. Francis (Pa.) and on April 8 against Rutgers-Newark... Hit a sizzling .882 (15K, OE, 17A) against the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Jan. 28. The hitting percentage ranks second all-time at Mason for a single match during the rally-scoring era and is the fourth-highest total all-time in school history... Had the third-highest total of aces on the team with 23... Was third on the team in digs with 126, averaging 1.40 per game... Set a single-match career high with 14 digs against Ohio State on Feb. 2... Had 85 total blocks (13 BS, 72 BA)... Recorded a career best six solo blocks against the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Jan. 20... Had 10 block assists and 10 total blocks against Rutgers-Newark on Jan. 27, both career highs. The 10 blocks ties him for the seventh-highest single-match total during the rally-scoring era at George Mason... Was named the Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men's National Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 23-29... Was also named the EIVA Division I-II Player of the Week for the same week... Named First-Team EIVA All-East.

2005: Named EIVA Newcomer of the Year... Second team All-EIVA... Named to the EIVA All-Academic team... Started all 29 matches for the Patriots and appeared in a team-high 105 games... Second on the team in kills with 376... Second on the team in digs with 130... Third on the team in service aces with 28... Fourth on the team in total blocks with 81... Only player on the team with at least 300 kills, 100 digs, 75 blocks and 25 aces... Was 14th in the EIVA in points per game with 4.27... Hit .600 in his first match for Mason, against St. Francis on Jan. 14... Hit .400 or better in eight different matches... Had 24 kills against Juniata on March 2... Had double-digit kills in 18 matches and 20 or more kills on seven occasions... Led the team in kills 11 times... Had a career-high nine digs in his second match on Jan. 21 at IPFW... Had five or more digs 15 times... Led the team in digs three times... Recorded a career-high eight total blocks on March 6 at Princeton... Had four or more blocks in a match nine times... Led the team in blocks three times.

Prep: Lettered three years of volleyball at Monacan High School... Named all-region, all-district, all-metro, and all-state his senior season... Named all-academic as well... Led the Chiefs to a state title his senior year... Named the MVP... Set the record for games played... Played on the Richmond V. Club in Richmond, Va. from 2000-2003... Captured a silver medal at the Penn State tournament... Named to the all-tournament team in the Old Dominion Region and the Boys East Coast division... Named to the honor roll all four years... Received an advanced diploma.

Personal: Born Hudson Martin Bates on March 11, 1985 in Lisbon, Portugal... Son of Carey and Lynne Bates... Father Carey played four years of football for University of Tennessee-Martin... Sister, Hollie, played volleyball (four years) at Charleston Southern... Sister, Heather, rowed one year at Virginia... Majoring in administration of Justice.

CAREER STATISTICS
YR	GP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	D	BS	BA	TB
2005	105	376	181	740	.264	16	28	130	8	73	81
2006	90	323	149	656	.265	21	23	126	13	72	85
*2007	10	38	16	79	.278	3	2	16	1	6	7
2008	108	406	177	874	.262	29	17	140	8	91	99
Totals	313	1143	523	2349	.264	69	70	412	30	242	272
* denotes medical redshirt
SINGLE-MATCH CAREER HIGHS
KILLS: 26, at Ball State, 4/5/08
TOTAL ATTEMPTS: 49, vs. IPFW, 2/22/08
HITTING PERCENTAGE: .882 (15K, 0E, 17A), vs. University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 1/28/06
ASSISTS: 5, vs. Ball State, 2/8/08
ACES: 7, vs. Mount Olive, 3/25/05
DIGS: 14, at Ohio State, 2/2/06
BLOCK SOLOS: 6, at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, 1/20/06
BLOCK ASSISTS: 10, vs. Rutgers-Newark, 1/27/06
TOTAL BLOCKS: 10, vs. Rutgers-Newark, 1/27/06