Jessica Bates

  • Award
    Freshman of the Week
  • Week Of
    9/22/2025
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • School
    UC Irvine
  • Year
  • Position
    Setter
  • Hometown
    San Clemente, Calif.
  • High School
    Junipero Serra HS

  • UC Irvine setter Jessica Bates put up a second triple-double of the season to earn Big West Freshman of the Week honors. This marks a first career weekly award.  

  • In an emotional match at Lipscomb to start the weekend, Bates recorded  a team-high eight kills to go with nine assists, seven digs, two blocks and an ace in the loss. Coming back from an injury which prevents Bates from playing back-to-back days, the redshirt freshman didn’t see action versus Vanderbilt. 

  • The product of San Clemente, Calif., hit .412 (19-5-34) with a career-best 19 kills, 14 assists and 12 digs to go along with four blocks and two aces in a 3-1 win at Belmont to round out the non-conference schedule. Bates is the lone Big West player to record a triple-double thus far this season and is the first league player with multiples since 2023 (Carisa Barron, CSUN).

  • For the week, Bates averaged 3.86 kills on .364 hitting (27-7-55) with 3.29 assists and 2.71 digs per set to go along with six blocks and three aces on the trip to Nashville.