![How Wiffle ball, long road trips and a chance meeting helped Sis Bates become a star for UW softball | The Seattle Times How Wiffle ball, long road trips and a chance meeting helped Sis Bates become a star for UW softball | The Seattle Times](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/193655.jpg?d=780x670)
How Wiffle ball, long road trips and a chance meeting helped Sis Bates become a star for UW softball | The Seattle Times
![How a family's dedication propelled Washington softball's Sis Bates into the stratosphere | The Seattle Times How a family's dedication propelled Washington softball's Sis Bates into the stratosphere | The Seattle Times](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/49fb96b0-2f14-11e8-a74d-aed0edb0db91.jpg?d=1560x1040)
How a family's dedication propelled Washington softball's Sis Bates into the stratosphere | The Seattle Times
![College softball: Bates seniors Panepinto, Pelletier feel extra pain of season's abrupt end - Lewiston Sun Journal College softball: Bates seniors Panepinto, Pelletier feel extra pain of season's abrupt end - Lewiston Sun Journal](https://multifiles.pressherald.com/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/190406_Softball_Colby_Game_1_0684.jpg)
College softball: Bates seniors Panepinto, Pelletier feel extra pain of season's abrupt end - Lewiston Sun Journal
![2018 Women's College World Series -- Washington Huskies shortstop Sis Bates shows off passion and skill in Oklahoma City 2018 Women's College World Series -- Washington Huskies shortstop Sis Bates shows off passion and skill in Oklahoma City](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2018/0603/r379589_800x450_16-9.jpg)
2018 Women's College World Series -- Washington Huskies shortstop Sis Bates shows off passion and skill in Oklahoma City
![Washington Softball on Twitter: "#DYK Sis Bates is the ONLY player ranking in the @NCAAsoftball active top 5️⃣ in hits and runs? #MightyAreTheWomen x #GoHuskies https://t.co/zCXduc86MT" / Twitter Washington Softball on Twitter: "#DYK Sis Bates is the ONLY player ranking in the @NCAAsoftball active top 5️⃣ in hits and runs? #MightyAreTheWomen x #GoHuskies https://t.co/zCXduc86MT" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EqV1cQ5VoAAzbW0.jpg:large)