Simmons University

2016 Season: Started 30 of 31 games, seeing time primarily at third base (19 games) ... Made her collegiate debut on March 7, reaching base via a walk and a hit-by-pitch vs. State University of New York Oneonta ... Led the team and eighth among Great Northeast Athletic Conference leaders with three sacrifice flies ... Placed second on the squad with five doubles and was fourth with 15 runs batted in ... Batted .219 (21-96) with a home run  and a .302 slugging percentage to go with a .264 on-base percentage ... Batted .290 (9-31) in two-out situations ... Went 6-12 (.500) with a walk, three RBI and three runs scored in a three-game stretch from March 7-8 ... Went 3-6 with a homer, a double and three runs batted in a double-header vs. Saint Joseph's College (Maine) on April 13.

High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner in softball, basketball and volleyball for Whittier Regional Technical High School ... Named a Commonwealth Athletic Conference for both her junior and senior seasons for the Wildcats' softball, basketball and volleyball teams ... Chosen a Captain as a junior and a senior for Whittier Tech. softball, basketball and volleyball ... Named Most Valuable Player by the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials ... Member National Technical Honor Society and earned Honors at at WRTHS ... Participated in Student Government and Peer Mediation at Whittier Regional Tech. ... Born December 15, 1996 ... Majoring in Health Sciences at Simmons ... Daughter of Robin and Victor Ortiz ... Works hard at being a student-athlete.