Ohio University

2024-25: Competed 10 times for the Bobcats, including in the MAC Championship… Tied for 22nd at the Virtues Intercollegiate for his season-best finish. 

2023-24: Kates competed in ten events for the Ohio Bobcats during the 2023-2024 season ... In 28 rounds he shot a 76.6 stroke average ... Shot his lowest round of 65 in the second round of the Highland Meadows Invitational ... Best finish of T-1st at the Virtues Intercollegiate. 

2022-23: At the Virtues Intercollegiate, Kates earned his first collegiate victory, coming in a three-way tie for first place. His three rounds consisted of three scores of 69 (-3) putting him at 207 (-9) for the tournament. 

Prior to Ohio: Kates attended Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado. He played golf and ran track in high school, earning four varsity letters for golf and two for track. Kates' senior year scoring average was 70.5 and was named captain of the team in both his junior and senior years. As an individual, he won the state championship by six strokes, was named the CHSAA 5A Player of the Year, and made the First-Team All State team. In 2020, Kates made the Second-Team All State team. In 2021, Kates once again won the state championship, was named the CHSAA 5A Player of the Year, and made the First-Team All State team. He also helped lead the team to a State Runner Up finish in both 2019 and 2020 before Arapahoe High School secured a state championship in 2021.

Personal: Kates plans to major in Marketing as a Bobcat.