Missouri State

Honors

• MVC Elite 17 Award: 2023
• CSC Academic All-District: 2024
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Team: 2023 (Second Team), 2024 (First Team)
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award: 2023-24
• MVC Honor Roll: 2022-23, 2023-24
• MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll: Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

2024
Played all 18 matches with 17 starts…Played 1,080 minutes to be one of six Bears to play at least 1,000 minutes…Played career-high 80 minutes in season-opener at UC Santa Barbara (8/22/24)...Scored one goal and one assist in 6-1 win against Evansville (11/1/24)...Also has an assist in 88th minute at Memphis (10/15/24)...Attempted career-high 13 shots with career-best six shots on goal…Named to College Sports Communicator’s Academic All-District Team…Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team.

2023
Played 16 matches with two starts against Belmont (9/22/23) and at Stanford (11/19/23)...Played 454 minutes including a season-high 65 minutes in the NCAA Tournament Second Round at Stanford...Scored first career goal in the 68th minute at Bowling Green (10/27/2023)...Had the game-winning assist in the 76th minute against Omaha (10/11/23) and the opening assist to Jesus Barea in the NCAA Tournament against Stanford to take the lead...Won the MVC Elite 17 Award...Named to MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team.

2022 
Appeared in six matches in his first season at Missouri State...Clocked a total of 92 minutes with a season-high 32 minutes coming against Evansville (9/24/22)...Fired off one shot against Bradley (10/1/22)...Named to the MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for his academic success during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters. 

Background
Had stints with Millwall FC, Erith & Belvedere and Ramsgate...Tallied nine goals with Erith & Belvederel...Added 12 assists through 18 games.

Personal
Oliver Bate was born on 4/4/03 in Yorkshire, England...Son of Andrew and Michelle Bate...Has two brothers, Declan and William, and five sisters, Fran, Natalia, Amelia, Jessica and Holly...Majoring in Exercise Science.

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Updated: 8/8/2025