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    Coty Bates

    Class:
    Senior
    Hometown:
    Alliance, OH
    Last College:
    Lincoln Trail JC
    Height / Weight:
    6-4 / 200
    Position:
    RHP
    B/T:
    R/R

    2010 - JUNIOR SEASON
    Started 11 games for the Vikings, finishing second on the team with 58.2 innings pitched...struck out 44 batters (the 13th best total in the Horizon League), including 17 looking (tying him with teammate Anthony Sambula for the eighth most in the conference).

    PRE-CLEVELAND STATE
    Played the 2008 and 2009 seasons at Lincoln Trail Junior College...had eight strikeouts in 11 innings pitched during the 2009 season.

    HIGH SCHOOL
    Earned all-conference, all-county and all-district honors as a junior and senior at Alliance H.S....named to the all-state team following his final season...led his team to a league championship as a junior and senior as well as a district crown as a junior.

    PERSONAL
    Born Nov. 28, 1988, in Alliance, Ohio...son of Leonard and Sabrina Bates...has one brother, Brandon...also played football and basketball in high school...psychology major.