Charleston Southern University Athletics

2024 at Charleston Southern: Was named a Big South Conference Second-Team selection … Received the Big South Player of the Week award (Oct. 21) after accumulating 49 kills, 43 digs, 7 services aces, and 58.5 total points in three matches that week against Presbyterian (Oct. 15), USC Upstate (Oct. 18), and UNC Asheville (Oct. 19) … Selected to the 2024 Chattanooga Classic All-Tournament Team after posting 62 kills in three matches … Played in 27 matches on the year appearing in 98 sets … Recorded 310 kills on the season (ranked 1st on the team) as well as 354 total points… Had her season-best 23 kills against Chattanooga (Sept. 6) … Recorded 253 digs on the season (ranked 3rd on the team) including a season-high of 23 against USC Upstate (Oct. 18) ... In the Big South Conference, Yates ranked 4th in kills (310) and 7th in service aces (29).

2023 at Charleston Southern: Named to the Preseason All Big South Team ... Started in all 28 matches along with 103 sets, being just one of two CSU players in play in every contest ... Ended the season as the team's highest point scorer with 285.5 total as well as in kills with 238 and service aces with 29 ... Ranked third on the team in kills per set and points per set with averages of 2.31 and 2.77 ... Finished third on the team in digs (261) and digs per set (2.53) and was tied for fourth in total blocks with 31 ... Was tenth in the Big South in service aces per set at 0.28 across the year and rose to seventh in league play with a 0.35 average ... Tied for tenth in both most kills and points in a five set match among Big South players in 2023 ... Finished in double figures for kills in 11 contests during the year with eight of them coming in conference play, including the final three matches of 2023 ... She set her season-bests in kills in the final two matches of the year, each going five sets as well as them being double doubles with digs, with 19 at Radford (11/4) and 20 at Presbyterian (11/10) ... Reached 500 career kills in the match against the Highlanders ... Notched 10 or more digs in 12 contests during the year with her having 15 or more in five of them ... Had her season-high of 17 come twice with the first against The Citadel (9/16) and then tying it at UNC Asheville (9/30).

2022 at Charleston Southern: Named to Big South All-Freshman Team ... Won Big South Freshman of the Week of 9/19 ... Played in 28 matches (25 starts) ... Second in the conference with 40 service aces (Tied 11^th in school history) ... Second on the team and seventh in the conference with 343.5 points (3.15 K/S) ... Second on the team with 928 total attacks (.191 attack percentage) ... Second on the team with 284 digs (2.61 D/S) ... Led the team with 40 service aces ... Season-high 18 digs in a win against Queens (NC) on 9/2 ... Season-high 24.5 points and 22 kills in a win against Presbyterian on 10/15.

Prior to CSU: Named 2020-21 West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year ... First-Team All-State recipient in 2020 ... Played at Hedgesville High School.