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Career Accolades

  • NCAA champion (2019)
  • Pac-12 champion (2019)
  • AVCA All-America second team (2017)
  • AVCA All-America third team (2019)
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America third team (2019)
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention (2017)
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region (2019)
  • AVCA All-Pacific South Region (2017)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 Conference (2017, 2019)
  • All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention (2018)
  • NCAA Stanford Regional All-Tournament Team (2019)
  • CofC Classic All-Tournament Team (2019)
  • Two-time Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference (2018, 2019)
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2019)
  • Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic (2017, 2018)

As a Senior (2019) • NCAA Champions, Pac-12 Champions

  • AVCA All-America third team
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention
  • AVCA All-Pacific North Region
  • All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7)
  • CofC Classic All-Tournament Team
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference
  • Started all 34 matches, playing in 120 sets
  • Averaged 2.22 kills on .339 hitting, 1.40 blocks and 3.03 points per set
  • Registered double-digit kills in nine matches
  • Posted five or more blocks in 19 matches
  • Career-high 14 blocks in the NCAA Regional semifinal versus No. 17 Utah (Dec. 13)
    • Her 14 blocks versus the Utes tied a Stanford NCAA Tournament single match record (Tami Alade vs. BYU, 2018)
  • Hit a career-best .733 (11-0-15) against No. 8 Penn State (Dec. 14) in the NCAA Regional Final
  • Recorded the final kill in Stanford's sweep over No. 5 Wisconsin (Dec. 21) in the NCAA championship in Pittsburgh
  • In six NCAA Tournament matches, hit .563 with 46 kills on 80 swings with just one error
    • An NCAA Division I Tournament record for hitting percentage

USA Volleyball

  • Member of the U.S. Collegiate National Team that competed at the World University Games in Naples, Italy (2019)

Prior to Stanford

  • Graduated from UCLA in three years with a degree in economics
  • AVCA All-America second team (2017)
  • VolleyballMag.com All-America honorable mention (2017)
  • AVCA Pacific South Region (2017)
  • All-Pac-12 Conference (2017)
  • All-Pac-12 Conference honorable mention (2018)
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Conference (2018)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2018)
  • Pac-12 All-Academic second team (2017)
  • Career-high 22 kills at Stanford (Nov. 16, 2017)
  • A 2016 graduate of La Jolla High School
  • A four-year letterwinner in volleyball
  • Reached the semifinals of the CIF San Diego Section Open Division championship (2015)
  • 2016 Under Armour Second Team All-American
  • LJHS Female Student-Athlete of the Year
  • PrepVolleyball No. 26 Senior Ace
  • VolleyballMag.com Fab 50 pick
  • First team all-league and all-CIF
  • PrepVolleyball First Team All-Academic
  • San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic
  • Also played basketball for two years 
  • Was valedictorian of her graduating class
  • Played club for Coast Volleyball
  • 17-Open team won the Pacific Northwest qualifier, finished third at the SoCal qualifier and was 14th at the Junior Olympics
  • Named PrepVolleyball Dream Team for the Pacific Northwest and SoCal qualifiers
  • 18-Open squad was third at AAUs and fifth at Junior Olympics

Personal 

  • Daughter of Michael Gates and Amy Randel
  • Father played basketball and mother played volleyball at Brown University
  • Has a younger brother, Nathaniel, who joined the Stanford men's volleyball team in 2019
  • Born in Laguna Hills, Calif.
  • Full name is Madeleine Randel Gates  
Career Highs
StatisticCareer HighOpponentDate
Kills22at StanfordNov. 16, 2017
Attempts45at Oregon StateNov. 2, 2018
Hitting Percentage.733 (11-0-15)vs. Penn StateDec. 14, 2019
Assists2 (2X)last at ArizonaNov. 9, 2019
Service Aces1 (8X)last vs. OregonNov. 3, 2019
Digs6at Cal PolySept. 6, 2018
Blocks14vs. UtahDec. 13, 2019