Personal
- Married to Stephanie Bates
- Parents are Brian and Yolanda Bates
- High school basketball team captain senior year
- Lettered Varsity basketball two years
- His mother, Yolanda, was his coach
- Mother, Yolanda, sister, Nikki, and brother, Sammy all swam for BYU
- LDS mission to San Antonio, Texas
- Has one sister and two brothers
- Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
Before BYU
- Member of the winning 200 and 400 free relay teams who set the school record region champion in the 100 free, 100 back, 50 free and 200 IM three years in high school
- 2004 state champion in the 100 free 2005 state champion in the 50 and 100 free
- Lettered Varsity all four years in swimming