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Sis Bates

University of Washington '21

Hometown: Ceres, California

2023 AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team

Sis Bates is a 5-foot-4 professional softball middle infielder from Ceres, California. She was acquired in the 3rd Round of the 2026 Allocation Draft following a collegiate career at Washington.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys spending time with friends and family and playing pickleball.

Background: Member of the AUSL Player Executive Committee. Her first name is Nicole, and she earned the nickname Sis playing wiffle ball with her older brother and his friends. Models her game after Jenn Salling, Natasha Watley and Derek Jeter, and has worn No. 22 her entire career because her mother wore it. Calls playing for the U.S. National Team her proudest accomplishment and threw the ceremonial first pitch at a Seattle Mariners game on April 21, 2026. Has two dogs, Nala and Dash.

Family: Daughter of Michelle Hedden and John Bates.

Education: Graduated from Washington in 2020 and returned to pursue a master's degree in education.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2021–2025)

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Cascade): Started 17-of-19 games, hitting .262 with 13 runs and tying for second in the league with two triples. Went 2-for-2 with two triples at Chicago on June 30.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Claimed 24th place on the final leaderboard with 818 points. Earned a starting assignment in 7-of-8 games, registering one hit in 13 at-bats with one run scored.

2025 AUSL Regular Season: Earned a starting assignment in 16-of-20 appearances for the Volts, posting a .229 batting average with eight hits, five runs, and three RBIs.

2024 Championship Season: Tallied 1,018 leaderboard points. Started all 15 games, hitting .327 with two doubles and a home run. Led the league with four stolen bases.

2023 Championship Season: Accumulated 786 leaderboard points and was named to the AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team. Started all 15 games with a .171 batting average.

2023 AUX Season: Secured 976 leaderboard points to finish ninth overall. Hit .333 with 11 hits and five RBIs.

2022 Championship Season: Compiled 1,024 leaderboard points, hitting .238 with 10 hits.

2022 AUX Season: Inaugural AUX Softball Defensive MVP. Started all 12 games, hitting .220 with nine hits and five RBIs.

2021 Championship Season: Finished ninth with 1,468 leaderboard points. Hit .326 with 14 hits.

International Experience (2017–2024)

Team USA: Won Gold at the 2017 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship, 2022 Pan American Championship (.563 in round robin play) and 2023 Pan American Games, and Silver at the 2024 WBSC World Cup Finals.

College Experience: Washington (2017–2021)

Career Statistics: Started all 261 career games, fashioning a .385 batting average with nine home runs and 145 RBIs. Closed her career as Washington’s all-time leader with 320 hits.

Awards & Honors

All-America: Three-time NFCA All-America, including First-Team recognition as a sophomore and junior.

Conference Honors: Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.

YEAR	G	GS	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
2026 AUSL Postseason	1	1	5	4	-	.200	-	.200	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
2026 Cascade	18	17	48	42	.262	.340	.381	.721	13	11	1	2	-	2	3	2	5	4	16	-	1	-	-
2025 All-Star Cup	8	7	16	13	.077	.143	.077	.220	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	-
2025 Volts	20	16	43	35	.229	.308	.229	.537	5	8	-	-	-	3	4	-	1	38	8	-	4	-	-
2024 Championship*	15	7	55	49	.327	.377	.429	.806	9	16	2	-	1	6	3	1	6	-	21	-	2	4	1
2023 AUX Softball	10	3	36	33	.333	.371	.424	.795	6	11	-	-	1	5	2	-	8	-	14	-	1	-	-
2022 AUX Softball	12	-	43	41	.220	.238	.244	.482	4	9	1	-	-	5	1	-	6	-	10	-	1	-	-
2023 Championship*	15	8	44	41	.171	.209	.244	.453	2	7	-	-	1	1	2	-	6	-	10	-	1	3	-
2022 Championship*	14	-	45	42	.238	.289	.286	.575	6	10	-	1	-	2	3	-	7	-	12	-	-	-	-
2021 Championship*	15	-	47	43	.326	.341	.488	.829	6	14	5	1	-	1	1	-	6	-	21	-	3	1	-
Career Totals	128	59	382	343	.254	.302	.329	.631	52	87	9	4	3	25	20	4	47	658	113	-	15	8	1

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Splits

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	PA	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG%	OPS	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HP	SO	LOB	TB	SF	SH	SB	CS
7/23/2026	Bandits	Cascade	5	4	-	.200	-	.200	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
7/18/2026	Cascade	Volts	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7/7/2026	Cascade	Blaze	2	1	-	.500	-	.500	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
7/5/2026	Spark	Cascade	4	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
7/4/2026	Spark	Cascade	2	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
7/2/2026	Bandits	Cascade	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/30/2026	Bandits	Cascade	2	2	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	1	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-
6/28/2026	Volts	Cascade	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
6/27/2026	Volts	Cascade	4	3	-	.250	-	.250	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
6/26/2026	Volts	Cascade	3	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
6/21/2026	Cascade	Spark	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/19/2026	Cascade	Spark	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
6/18/2026	Cascade	Spark	3	3	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
6/15/2026	Talons	Cascade	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
6/14/2026	Talons	Cascade	3	3	.333	.333	.333	.666	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
6/13/2026	Talons	Cascade	3	2	-	.333	-	.333	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/11/2026	Blaze	Cascade	3	1	-	.667	-	.667	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/10/2026	Blaze	Cascade	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6/9/2026	Blaze	Cascade	3	3	.667	.667	.667	1.334	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

*The AUSL All-Star Cup was known as the Championship season through 2024.

Highlights

AUSL Merchandise Sales More Than Triple in Second Season’s Opening Month

July 6, 2026, New York – The Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) today announced that merchandise revenue during the first month of its second season increased more than 200% compared to the league’s inaugural month in 2025, another strong indicator of the league’s growing commercial momentum as it expands into permanent home markets. The increase […]

Carolina Blaze rookie pitcher Karlyn Pickens leads the list of top-selling player merchandise

Awards & Honors

2023 AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team

2022 AU Pro Softball AUX Defensive MVP

2022 Pan American Championship Gold Medalist

2022 GEICO AUX Softball Defensive MVP

Washington’s All-Time Leader with 320 hits

Three-Time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year

Two-Time NFCA First-Team All-American

7/17/2026-
Sis Bates was reinstated from the injury reserve list
7/9/2026-
Sis Bates placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 7/9/2026: Sis Bates (Upper Body) placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 7/9/2026
12/2/2025Cascade
Cascade drafted Sis Bates in the allocation draft: [Round 3, Pick 1 (13)]
11/14/2025-
Sis Bates was not offered a 2026 contract by the Volts
1/30/2025Volts
Volts drafted Sis Bates in the inagural draft [Round 7, Pick 2(26)]

DATE	TEAM	TRANSACTION
7/17/2026		Sis Bates was reinstated from the injury reserve list
7/9/2026		Sis Bates placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 7/9/2026: Sis Bates (Upper Body) placed on the 7-day injury reserve list on 7/9/2026
12/2/2025	Cascade	Cascade drafted Sis Bates in the allocation draft: [Round 3, Pick 1 (13)]
11/14/2025		Sis Bates was not offered a 2026 contract by the Volts
1/30/2025	Volts	Volts drafted Sis Bates in the inagural draft [Round 7, Pick 2(26)]

Sis Bates

Personal Life

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2021–2025)

International Experience (2017–2024)

College Experience: Washington (2017–2021)

Awards & Honors

Career Stats

Splits

Game Log

Highlights

AUSL Merchandise Sales More Than Triple in Second Season’s Opening Month

Awards & Honors

Transactions

Sis Bates

Personal Life

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2021–2025)

International Experience (2017–2024)

College Experience: Washington (2017–2021)

Awards & Honors

Career Stats

Splits

Game Log

Highlights

AUSL Merchandise Sales More Than Triple in Second Season’s Opening Month

Awards & Honors

Transactions

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