Missouri State

Honors

• MVC Elite 17 Award: 2023
• CSC Academic All-District: 2024, 2025
• 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, Fall 2025

2025
Played all 16 matches with 13 starters...Played 907 minutes...Assisted two goals against Seattle U (08/21/2025) in the Bears 4-1 victory...Scored a goal against Kansas City (08/25/2025) in the Bears 2-1 loss...Named to College Sports Communicator’s Academic All-District Team.

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