Career Accolades
- All-MPSF honorable mention (2023)
- Off the Block National Middle Attacker of the Week (April 10, 2023)
- Two-time MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (April 3, 2023, April 10, 2023)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
As a Senior (2023)
- All-MPSF honorable mention
- Off the Block National Middle Attacker of the Week (April 10)
- Two-time MPSF Defensive Player of the Week (April 3, April 10)
- MPSF All-Academic Team
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Started 27 matches at middle blocker
- Averaged 1.31 kills on .453 hitting and 0.87 blocks per set
- Ranked sixth in the MPSF in blocks per set
- Season-best seven blocks in a win against No. 10 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 13)
- Career-high 13 kills on .667 hitting in a win over No. 6 Grand Canyon (April 8)
As a Junior (2022)
- MPSF All-Academic Team
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Started all 28 matches at middle blocker
- Averaged 1.33 kills on .446 hitting, and 0.74 blocks per set
- Career-best eight blocks against Lindenwood (Jan. 6)
- Season-high 11 kills versus No. 12 UC Irvine (Jan. 8)
- Hit a career-best .889 (8-0-9) in a sweep over BYU (April 8)
- Career-high six digs in a five-set win against BYU (April 9)
As a Sophomore (2021)
- MPSF All-Academic Team
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Started 11 matches at middle blocker, appeared in 41 sets
- Averaged 1.07 kills and 0.63 blocks per set
- Season-high seven kills hitting a season-best .583 (7-0-12) versus No. 7 Grand Canyon (March 19)
- Season-best six blocks versus Concordia (April 2)
As a Freshman (2020)
- Appeared in seven sets, averaged 1.00 blocks per set
- Made his collegiate debut versus UC Santa Cruz (Jan. 4)
- Season-high three digs versus No. 5 Lewis (March 7)
USA Volleyball
- Trained with the U.S. Collegiate National Team in Anaheim (2023)
- 2019 USA Youth National Training Team
- Member of the 2018 U.S. Youth National Team, finishing second at the NORCECA Championships in Costa Rica
Prior to Stanford
- A 2019 graduate of La Jolla High School in La Jolla, Calif.
- A four-year letterwinner, captained his team as a senior
- 2017 CIF Champions Open Division (San Diego County)
- 2018 CIF Runners-Up Open Division (San Diego County)
- AVCA All-America first team (2019)
- VolleyballMag.com Fab 50
- Two-time All-CIF first team (2017, 2018)
- All-CIF second team (2019)
- Two-time Western League first team (2017, 2019)
- Western League second team (2018)
- Played for Coast Volleyball Club
- Placed fifth nationally in 2018
Personal
- Son of Michael Gates and Amy Randel
- Father played basketball at Brown
- Mother played volleyball and Brown and was a two-time All-Ivy selection
- Has an older sister, Madeleine, who won a national championship in 2019 with the Stanford women's volleyball team after spending three seasons playing at UCLA
- Born in Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Full name is Nathaniel Patrick Gates
Career Highs
Statistic | Career High | Opponent | Date |
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Kills | 13 | vs.Grand Canyon | April 8, 2023 |
Attempts | 18 | vs. Grand Canyon | April 8, 2023 |
Hitting Percentage | .889 (8-0-9) | vs. BYU | April 8, 2022 |
Assists | 3 | vs. Pepeprdine | April 22, 2021 |
Service Aces | 2 (2X) | last vs. Fairleigh Dickinson | Feb. 4, 2022 |
Digs | 6 | vs. BYU | April 9, 2022 |
Blocks | 8 | vs. Lindenwood | Jan. 6, 2022 |