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About GoBatesBobcats
GoBatesBobcats (@gobatesbobcats) is a School Sports Team creator on Instagram, also filed under Education & Career. The account has 8,439 followers and 5,529 published posts. Recent posts average 258 likes and 2 comments, an engagement rate of 3.05%.
GoBatesBobcats belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Set against 179 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 47 followers per account GoBatesBobcats follows. GoBatesBobcats is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files GoBatesBobcats under School Sports Team, with Education & Career as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for GoBatesBobcats runs to 13 words. The bio tags #GoBates and #LewistonStrong. The latest activity Flinque has on record for GoBatesBobcats dates from July 2026.
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5,529 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for GoBatesBobcats, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. With 5,529 posts published, GoBatesBobcats's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 1.5 followers for each post published. GoBatesBobcats also keeps 88 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 198 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include trials, bates, bobcats, championship and gobates. The captions tag #gobates, #mesports, #d3row, #rowing and #flashbackfriday.
What an amazing experience for the Bobcats!
#d3row #rowing #rowinglife #collegerowing
The late, great, Priscilla Wilde ’77 is without question the most dominant field hockey player in Bates history and the first Bobcat to reach 1,000 career points in women’s basketball.
Her field hockey records are simply untouchable: 120 career goals in 61 games and 35 goals in just 17 games during the 1976 season.
In 1975, Wilde led Bates to a 13-2-2 record and the state championship, a program-record 13 wins that stood for 49 years. Her 33 goals that season earned her a spot in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd.” Her 120 career goals remain the second-most in the history of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), the NCAA’s predecessor. She also set a Bates record by scoring six goals in a single game against the University of Maine at Farmington.
Wilde starred on the basketball court as well, finishing with 1,079 career points in only 67 games, still among the top scorers in program history. She helped lead the Bobcats to a 14-8 record in 1976-77, a program record for wins that stood for 12 years. She earned the Scholar-Athlete Award from the Maine State Hall of Fame, received an invitation to the U.S. Collegiate Women’s Basketball Team trials, and was named to the All-Maine Team.
Wilde also earned a spot on the United States handball team despite never having played the sport before. Following her athletic career, she served as a critical care nurse at Maine Medical Center. After her passing from cancer in 2004 at age 49, her legacy endured. Her No. 43 is retired in both field hockey and basketball, making her the only Bobcat honored in two sports.
Stay tuned as we highlight our seven legacy honorees next!
#GoBates #mesports #d3fh #d3hoops
She was a two-time NCAA champion in the shot put, a four-time track and field All-American, and also earned All-America honors in volleyball.
A dominant three-sport athlete, Wanless earned the first of three Bates Female Athlete of the Year awards as a sophomore after breaking her own indoor shot put record by more than four feet and qualifying for the NCAA Championships. She captured the NESCAC outdoor title in her first season competing in the event, earned All-New England and All-ECAC honors, and set a Bates outdoor record.
As a junior captain, Wanless finished runner-up at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, briefly held the Division III indoor shot put record with a throw of 50 feet, 10 inches, won the New England Division III title in record-breaking fashion, and qualified for the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships, where she finished seventh nationally.
Wanless reached even greater heights as a senior, sweeping the NCAA Division III indoor and outdoor national championships while setting meet records in both. She led Bates to a third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, and finished 13th in the nation. She also captured NESCAC, New England Division III, and ECAC titles while setting multiple meet and Bates records.
After Bates, Wanless earned Division I All-America honors at the University of Florida before representing Team USA at the 2005 World Championships.
On the volleyball court, Wanless was the 2000 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, a four-time All-NESCAC selection, and a third-team All-American as a senior after leading the conference in kills. Bates reached two NESCAC championship matches, an NCAA regional final, and compiled a 105-41 record during her career.
Dr. Wanless is currently the Director of the Sport Innovation Institute at Indiana University Indianapolis.
#GoBates #mesports #d3tf #d3vb
It was an impressive showing by our Bobcats as the men’s pair of junior Nicholas Hoerle and first-year Logan Schlichter took third place in the championship final at Marlow! Meanwhile, both the women’s eight and the women’s quad made it to the round of 16 at Henley! On top of that, the men’s four took sixth in their final and the eight placed fourth in the D final at Marlow, another electric performance by Bates!
It’s on to the Henley Royal Regatta and Saturday’s time trials, which are set for the following times on the River Thames:
11:20am M8+
12:20pm W2x
12:30pm W4x
12:39pm M4+
12:56pm W8+
Subtract five hours if you’re on the east coast of the United States:)
Don’t forget to follow along on our Instagram story as the rowing teams will be taking over again this weekend. We hear a rumor may make an appearance…
Bates Lineups:
Bates WV8+ lineup: Bow: Hannah de Fontaine; 2: Greta Oberdiek; 3: Arden Minor; 4: Megan O’Donnell; 5: Isabelle Martin; 6: Quinn Gleason; 7: Olivia Smith; Stroke: Virginia Adams; c: Leah Brody
Bates MV8+ lineup: Bow: Erik Lindholm; 2: Luke Johnson; 3: Samuel Perozek; 4: Conor McGuckin; 5: Roy Bellows; 6: Brendan Kelly; 7: Peter Gratwick; Stroke: Luke Desmaison; c: Darien Chiang
Bates WV4x lineup: Bow: Cal Dagner; 2: Ava Teleki; 3: Adina Suchman; 4: Maggie Gill
Bates MV4+ lineup: Bow: John Cleary; 2: Bryce Ahn; 3: Thomas Pacinda; 4: Kelly McKaige; c: Sara Maquera
Bates WV2x lineup: Bow: Olivia Hill; 2: Mia Senturk
Bates MV2- lineup: Bow: Logan Schlichter; 2: Nicholas Hoerle
#rowing #gobates #d3row #mesports
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William “Bud” Schultz ’81 arrived at Bates College in 1977 as a basketball recruit who “happened to play tennis.” Nearly five decades later, he was inducted into the ITA Men’s Tennis Hall of Fame.
Schultz’s 1981 All-American season capped the most accomplished tennis career in modern Bates history. Playing four years at No. 1 singles, he never lost on Bates courts or to a player from a Maine college. He won four consecutive Maine intercollegiate singles titles, reached two New England intercollegiate finals, and captured the championship in 1981. He also qualified three times for the NCAA Division III Championships.
In 1981, Bates finished 8–1, but NESCAC schools were not permitted to compete as teams in the NCAA Championships. Schultz and Bert Cole ’84 qualified individually in singles and doubles. Schultz advanced to the NCAA Division III singles final, finishing as national runner-up and becoming the first All-American in Bates men’s tennis history. The Schultz-Cole doubles team performed so well that Bates placed third overall despite not officially entering a team.
At the time, Division III singles finalists also qualified for the NCAA Division I tournament. Schultz lost in straight sets to a UCLA player, whom he later defeated on the professional tour.
After a year of graduate study at Boston University, Schultz turned professional. Over seven years, he competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the third round of both the U.S. Open and Australian Open, climbing to No. 40 in the world rankings, and appearing in one ATP singles final and two doubles finals.
When he graduated, Schultz held Bates records for career singles wins (78), doubles wins (42), and combined wins (120), along with single-season marks in singles (23) and combined victories (39).
Schultz also excelled in basketball. As a senior captain, he averaged 15.7 points and 8.2 rebounds, set a school-record.590 field goal percentage, and shot a perfect 11-for-11 from the field against Babson, still the best shooting performance in one game in program history.
In order to be named an IRCA Scholar Athlete, rowers must be in their second year of eligibility, competed in their program’s top three boats during the current season or raced at the 2026 IRA Championship, and must have, at least, a 3.50 cumulative GPA through fall semester.
The 21 Bobcats named IRCA Scholar Athletes are: Alex Appleton ‘27 (White Bear Township, Minn.), coxswain Darien Chiang ‘27 (Quincy, Mass.), John Cleary ‘28 (Northampton, Mass.), Louis Consigli ‘28 (Milford, Mass.), Soren Davidson ‘26 (Minneapolis, Minn.), team captain Luke Desmaison ‘26 (New York City), Xavier Drouin ‘28 (Mobile, Ala.), Peter Gratwick ‘28 (Oakland Park, Fla.), Finian Guinney ‘27 (Seattle), Nicholas Hoerle ‘27 (Osprey, Fla.), Luke Johnson ‘27 (Lexington, Mass.), Erik Lindholm ‘27 (Bethesda, Md.), coxswain Sara Maquera ‘28 (Glenview, Ill.), Hugh McCabe ‘27 (Arlington, Mass.), Conor McGuckin ‘26 (New Hope, Pa.), team captain Kelly McKaige ‘26 (Seattle), Nate Oh ‘28 (New York City), Thomas Pacinda ‘28 (Newton, Mass.), Lando Putnam-Bagley ‘27 (Medford, Mass.), Benji Richards ‘27 (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.), and team captain coxswain Micah Shimizu ‘26 (Batavia, Ill.).
Bates men’s rowing tied with Williams College for the most IRCA Scholar Athletes among IRA Division III programs. The Bobcats are coming off a strong season that saw them finish fifth in the country at the IRA National Championship. They are currently in England, preparing to compete Saturday in the time trials for the Royal Henley Regatta.
#GoBates #mesports #collegerow
Members of the team are nominated by head coaches in Divisions I, II and III, and are student-athletes who have excelled both in the classroom and on the field over the course of their men’s lacrosse career. Nominees must have a senior or graduate student standing with no eligibility remaining or plans to use their eligibility in New England, a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale, and be an impact player for their team.
A team captain this year and a three-time NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection, Hartman was an impact player throughout his time as a Bobcat. The economics major was one of just six midfielders to earn All-America honors from the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association. He was named a third team All-American by USA Lacrosse and an All-America honorable mention by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association. A two-time All-NESCAC midfielder, Hartman scored 108 goals in his Bates career, playing in 58 games and increasing his scoring output every season. He tallied a career-high 44 goals this year despite often being the focus of the other team’s defensive efforts. Hartman graduates from Bates with a cumulative grade point average of 3.76.
Scola emerged as a key defensive midfielder for the Bobcats as a senior this season. A biochemistry and economics double major, he is a three-time NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection who played in all 18 games this year, after having played in 12 combined games his previous three seasons. Scola recorded 19 ground balls, caused four turnovers, and even scored a goal in a 22-6 win in the snow over Emerson. Scola graduates from Bates with a cumulative grade point average of 3.80.
In total, 202 Division III players representing 39 different institutions made an appearance on this year’s NEILA All-Academic squad.
#GoBates #mesports #d3lax
But in late May, they were stateside in Georgia at where they finished national runner-up at the rowing championship!
We were there to get a behind-the-scenes look as the Bobcats “climbed the mountain,” going from not even making nationals two years ago, to second in the country this year.
#mesports #d3row #gobates #rowing
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GoBatesBobcats's engagement rate on Instagram is 3.05%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 33 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 129 to 1, with 258 likes and 2 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
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GoBatesBobcats (@gobatesbobcats) is a School Sports Team creator on Instagram, also filed under Education & Career. GoBatesBobcats is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for GoBatesBobcats runs to 13 words.
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GoBatesBobcats has 8,439 followers on Instagram (8.4K). Set against 179 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 47 followers per account GoBatesBobcats follows. With 5,529 posts published, GoBatesBobcats's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.
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GoBatesBobcats's engagement rate on Instagram is 3.05%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 33 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 129 to 1, with 258 likes and 2 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.
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Flinque files GoBatesBobcats under School Sports Team, with Education & Career as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for GoBatesBobcats, 7 are carousels, 2 are single images and 1 is a video. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for GoBatesBobcats repeatedly use the words trials, bates, bobcats, championship and gobates. GoBatesBobcats's captions carry hashtags such as #gobates, #mesports and #d3row. GoBatesBobcats writes those captions mainly in English. The bio tags #GoBates and #LewistonStrong. GoBatesBobcats keeps 88 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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