Biography
Career Accolades
- 2018 First Team All-Sun Belt Conference
- 2017 Second Team NFCA All-Central Region
- 2017 First Team All-Sun Belt Conference
- 2015 NFCA Top-25 Freshman of the Year Finalist
- 2015 Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference
- 2015 Second Team NFCA All-Central Region
- Three-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (Feb. 9, 2015, March 14 2016, March 13, 2018)
Career Milestones
- School record 39 career home runs
- School record 50 career doubles
- School record 164 RBI
- School record 110 walks drawn
- School record 15 home runs in 2017
- Second in school history in career batting average (.321)
- Second in school history in total bases (397)
- Third in school history in career hits (220)
- Third in school history in career runs scored (136)
2018
Honored as a First Team All-Sun Belt selection… Second shortstop in Sun Belt history to earn three first-team all-conference honors… One of three Bobcats to start all 59 games (shortstop)… Started all 233 career games at shortstop… Recorded a batting average of .313 (52-for-162), on base percentage of .411 and a slugging percentage of .500… Second on the team with 83 total bases… 52 hits, 37 RBI, 28 runs scored, 28 walks drawn and six home runs (tied)… Tied for the team lead with nine doubles… Successful in 12-of-15 stolen base attempts… Hit .414 (24-for-58) with runners in scoring position, including .563 (9-for-16) with runners on third with less than two outs… Advanced 59-of-108 (.546) potential runners to lead the Bobcats… Charged with eight errors in 186 attempts for a fielding percentage of .957… Reached base in 17 consecutive games from March 7-April 11… Hit 19-for-44 (.432) and collected 14 RBI, 13 runs scored and 14 walks drawn during the streak… Upped average to .377 (26-for-69) in conference play… Posted 11 games with at least two hits, including four contests with three hits… Recorded two or more RBI in a team-best 10 outings… Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three runs scored, five RBI, one walk and one stolen base against North Dakota on Feb. 16… Added a trio of hits (one double), three RBI and one run scored against Georgia State on March 10… Garnered Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honors following the Georgia State series… Collected three hits (two doubles) in four trips to the plate, one RBI and a stolen base against Georgia Southern on March 31… Posted three more hits, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base on April 8 against South Alabama… Collected a pair of hits in the Sun Belt Championship victory over Louisiana on May 12… Claimed one hit and one run scored in the 2018 NCAA Los Angeles Regional.
2017
Honored as Second Team All-Central Region by the NFCA and First Team All-Sun Belt Conference … Starting shortstop in all 59 games – one of two Bobcats to start every game … Hit .324 (62-for-181), with a .702 slugging percentage and .422 on base percentage … Totaled 47 RBI, 34 runs scored and 127 total bases … 33 of 62 hits went for extra bases (16 doubles, 15 home runs, two triples) … Set the Texas State single season home run record with 15 … Became the TXST career home run record holder, surpassing the previous record of 29 with an inside-the-park home run at South Alabama (April 8) … Led TXST in batting average, slugging percentage, hits RBI, doubles, triples, home runs and total bases … Finished the season with a .937 fielding percentage in 206 chances … Sun Belt Conference Community Coffee and CollegeSportsMadness.com Sun Belt Player of the Week on March 14 after hitting .636 with two home runs, three doubles, a triple and seven RBI in a 3-0 week … Had 15 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games ... Had season-long hit streak of 11 games and a 15 game reached base streak … Hit safely in 41 of 59 games and reached base safely in 51 of 59 games … Hit .360 with runners on base, .550 in leadoff opportunities, .393 with runners in scoring position and .364 with a runner on third and less than two outs … Successfully advanced 57 of 102 base runners (55.9 pct.) and totaled 19 two-out RBI … Batted .400 in SBC games with nine home runs, 10 doubles and a triple … Hit a two-run homer for TXST’s two runs in win at Texas (March 1) … Was a single shy of the cycle against Incarnate Word, finishing the five-inning game 3-for-4 with four RBI (March 8) … Had a career-high six RBI via two three-run home runs against Appalachian State (March 18) … Set the Texas State single season home run record with 14th of the season in game one of the April 29 doubles header against Troy, then followed with her 15th round-tripper in the day’s second game … Hit .333 (4-for-12) with a double and five total bases at the NCAA College Station Regional.
2016
Started in all 62 games as the everyday shortstop … Finished second on the team with 49 hits while leading the team with six home runs … Carried a slugging percentage of .427 which ranked second on the team … Was a perfect 1-for-1 in stolen bases … Led the team with four sacrifice flies … Finished the season with a team-high 37 RBIs … Matched her career-high of home runs in a game with two against UT Arlington on May 7 … Had a season-high six game hitting streak from Feb 14 through Feb. 20 … In the hitting streak, she registered 11 hits in 18 at bats … Comes into the 2017 season ranked second all-time with a .314 career batting average.
2015
Started in all 53 games as the everyday shortstop… Led the team in home runs with 12, doubles with 16, total bases with 111, runs scored with 44 and a .694 slugging percentage … In the first tournament of the season, Ortiz led the team offensively gong 11-17, racking up three home runs on the weekend … Was named the SBC Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after her dominant performance in her first collegiate tournament … Recorded a single-game high five at bats against Northern Illinois and Georgia State … Recorded three hits in five separate games over the season … Tallied 57 hits, one triple, and 43 RBIs … Drew a career-high four walks against Sam Houston State on Feb. 7… Recorded a career-high five RBI against UT Arlington on May 3… Ranked second on the team with a .356 batting average … In her freshman campaign she recorded the most home runs by a freshman ever and ranks second all-time in the program’s history for home runs in a season.
High School
Attended Waxahachie High School where she was ranked No. 44 on the Student Sports Top-100 2014 Seniors List … During her time at Waxahachie, she was named the District 15-4A Newcomer of the Year her freshman season and the District 15-4A Co-Offensive Player of the Year along with the Dallas Morning News All-Area Utility second-team her sophomore season … After hitting .602 with 60 RBI, 56 runs, and 13 home runs her junior season, she was named the District 15-4A Offensive Player of the Year … Member of the Texas Glory Gold Shelton travel team.
Personal
The daughter of April and Eloy Ortiz … Has two siblings, Chris and Damian … Chose to attend Texas State because of the softball program and how appealing the university is … Was a member of the WHS Symphony Belles and FCA … Majoring in business.
