Hampden-Sydney College

2024: Third-year team member … First-year Team Captain ... has started 33 of 42 career games … career batting average of .309 (38-123) with three career home runs, one career triple, eight career doubles, 19 career runs, 22 career RBIs, 13 career walks and one career stolen base ... career on-base percentage of .380 ... career slugging percentage of .463 ... career fielding percentage of .982.

2023: Started four of nine games (missed first 30 games due to injury) … batting average of .125 (2-16) with one run and four walks ... on-base percentage of .333 ... slugging percentage of .125 ... fielding percentage of 1.000.

2022: Started 29 of 33 games … batting average of .336 (36-107) with three home runs, one triple, eight doubles, 18 runs, 22 RBIs, nine walks and one stolen base ... on-base percentage of .388 ... slugging percentage of .514 ... fielding percentage of .957.

High School: 2021 graduate of Thomas Dale High School in Chester ... helped TDHS advance to the 2021 Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 6A Regionals ... earned All-Metro honors as a senior ... four-year varsity starter and two-year team captain … Distinguished Honor Roll.

Personal: Son of Andy and Susannah Oates … has one sister (Charleston) … has two brothers (Jackson, Beau) ... brother (Jackson '27) plays baseball at H-SC ... dad played baseball at Virginia Tech … grandfather (Johnny Oates) played baseball at Virginia Tech and for the Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees … also managed for the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers … majoring in economics and business … favorite TV shows include Yellowstone, The Ranch and Sons of Anarchy ... favorite movie is Red Dawn ... favorite professional sports team is the Texas Rangers ... favorite sports figure is Brian Roberts ... greatest sports moment was getting to play with his younger brother as a senior in high school ... hobbies include hunting, fishing and playing golf.

Why H-SC: “Academics, The Brotherhood, athletics and the atmosphere”