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04/13/2013
Blue Holds On for 35-28 Win Over Orange
Blue Capitalizes on 5 Orange Turnovers to Grab Victory
12/06/2012
Illinois Boasts 52 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
Big Ten-Best 10 Volleyball Players Highlight Honorees
12/06/2012
Illinois Boasts 52 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
Big Ten-Best 10 Volleyball Players Highlight Honorees
12/06/2012
Illinois Boasts 52 Academic All-Big Ten Honorees
Big Ten-Best 10 Volleyball Players Highlight Honorees
10/29/2012
Game 9 Notes: Illinois at #6 Ohio State
Illini Head to Columbus Looking for First Big Ten Win
11/10/2012
Illinois Football vs. Minnesota
Illinois football vs. Minnesota @ Memorial Stadium 9/10/12
09/01/2012
Illinois vs Western Michigan 9/1/2012
Illinois vs Western Michigan 9/1/2012
10/29/2011
Illinois at No. 21 Penn State Photos - 10/29/11
Illinois at No. 21 Penn State Photos - 10/29/11. Photos from AP and Mark Jones
09/03/2011
Illinois vs Arkansas State
Game photos September 3, 2011 at Memorial Stadium
04/23/2011
2011 Orange and Blue Spring Game
Photos from the 2011 Orange and Blue Spring Football Game on April 22, 2011 at Memorial Stadium. (photos by Mark Jones)
2011 - Redshirt Freshman: Played in all 13 games, making two starts ... Had 23 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack on the season ... Posted a career-high seven tackles in win over Indiana ... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after posting five tackles, two TFLs, one sack, a fumble recovery against Arkansas State.
2010 - Freshman: Redshirted the 2010 season.
High School: Named LHSAA 5A Defensive Player of the Year, All-State and New Orleans All-Metro in 2009 ... Rated a three-star prospect by both Rivals.com and Scout.com, and an All-Region selection by Rivals.com ... Led team to 10-2 record and a District title in 2009 ... Racked up 12 sacks and 16 TFLs as a senior at defensive end ... St. Paul's advanced to state quarterfinals twice and won two District championships during Bates' career ... High school coach was Ken Sears ... Also played baseball and ran track in high school.
Personal: Full name is William Houston Bates ... Son of John and Fran Heaton ... Born Dec. 20, 1990 ... Majoring in community health ... Chose Illinois over LSU, Colorado and Ole Miss among others.
Bates's Game-By-Game Statistics 
(updated 5/23/12)
