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2015 Softball Roster

24 Paige Ortiz

  • Position IF
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-4
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Hometown Katy, Texas
  • Highschool Seven Lakes

Biography

2015: Saw action in 52 contests, making 47 starts at either first base or as the designated player... Slashed .236/.312/.479 with 15 runs, 33 hits, five doubles, one triple, nine home runs (tied for the team lead) 25 RBI and one stolen base (in one attempt)... Caught fire in the middle of the season that saw her raise her batting average from .189 to .303 with a nine-game hit streak... Hit her first home run of the season and drove in two in a victory over Binghamton (3/13)... Finished 2-for-3 with a triple in a 5-0 loss at #25/25 North Carolina State... Went 2-for-2 in a victory at Saint Louis (3/21)... Slugged her second home run in a loss to Northwestern (3/24)... Collected two hits in the third game of the nine-game hit streak in a win over Syracuse (4/1)... Constructed a huge game in a victory over Siena (4/6), going 3-for-3 with a pair of homers, a career-high six RBI and three runs, before coming back to games later with a second two-homer, six-RBI performance in a win at Massachusetts (4/11) to conclude the nine-game hit streak... Two games after that at St. Bonaventure (4/15) went 2-for-4 with her seventh home run and two RBI in a victory... Finished 1-for-2 with home run number eight and three RBI in a win over George Washington (4/25)... Hit her ninth home run and earned a pair of RBI in a series-opening victory at George Mason (5/8)... Collected a single in the Harrisonburg Regional opening game against North Carolina State (5/15), before adding a double in the regional championship game in the loss to the Wolfpack (5/17)... Finished sixth on the all-time home run list with 34...

2014: Started 54 out of 56 games for the Rams in 2014, primarily as a first baseman and designated player… Hit .217 on the year with six home runs and 23 RBIs… Went 1-3 with a home run and three RBIs against Chattanooga (2/7)… Hit a solo home run against #6 Oregon (2/22)… Went 1-3 and tallied an RBI against Providence (3/7)… Hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in a doubleheader against UVA (3/20)… Went 2-3 with a pair of runs batted in against Marist (3/27)… Strung together a three-game hitting streak against George Mason (4/5) and Lehigh (4/9)… Went 2-4 in the second game of a doubleheader at URI (4/12)… Went 2-3 with a home run and two RBIs against Saint Louis (4/17)… Logged three hits in five at bats during the first game of a doubleheader at Dayton (5/3)… Went 2-3 with a double in the Atlantic 10 Championship Game against Saint Louis (5/10).

2013: Named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2013 Atlantic 10 Championship in addition to earning on a spot on the All-Tournament Team... Hit six round-trippers and drove in 30 runs on the season... Drove in two runs against LIU (2/8)... Drove in two more against Maryland (3/1)... Went 2-3 in Fordham's win over #5 Texas (3/3)... Went 2-3 with a double against Western Michigan (3/9)... Hit a homer and registered three RBIs in back-to-back games against JMU and Detroit (3/15-3/16)... Went 3-4 against UMass (4/5)... Hit goners in back-to-back games against Hofstra and St. Bonaventure (4/24 and 4/26)... Drove in a career-high five runs to kick off the A-10 tournament against Temple (5/9)... Went 2-3 with a home run and two RBIs in the A-10 clinching game against Saint Joe's (5/11)... Drove in a run against Marist in the NCAA Regional (5/18).

2012: Selected to the All A-10 First Team as a designated player as well as to the All Rookie Team...Named A-10 Rookie of the Week on March 25...Led the team in home runs (13), RBI (40), total bases (100) and slugging percentage (.515)...Had two hits and an RBI versus Greensboro (2/17)...Went 2-5 with an RBI against Long Beach State (2/23)...Collected a pair of hits against #16 Arizona (2/25)...Had a homer and two RBI against Fullerton (2/25)...Homered in her second straight game against Virginia Tech (3/2)...Ripped a pair of hits and drove in two against #16 UCLA (3/2)...Had two hits and an RBI versus Kennesaw State (3/9)...Went 1-for-3 with a homer and two RBI at James Madison (3/18)...Posted a 1-for-3 day with a home run and two RBI versus St. John[apos]s (3/20)...Had a 3-for-4 game with a homer, three RBI and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader at La Salle (3/23)...Collected a pair of hits in game two at George Washington (3/25)...Ripped two hits and drove in a run in the rubber match of a doubleheader with Charlotte (3/30)...Had a homer and drove in four in the second game at Binghamton (4/3)...Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in game one at Siena (4/11)...Blasted a home run and drove in a pair against Saint Louis (4/14)...Collected two hits and a home run in game two against St. Bonaventure (4/20)...Tied a career-best with three hits in game two versus Rhode Island (5/6).

Before Fordham: A 2011 graduate of Seven Lakes High School in Katy, Texas...While there, she was named a Second Team All-American by both ESPN Rise and Max Preps for her senior season...She was selected as First Team All-State at third base in 2011...Chosen All Greater Houston, First Team...Feted as team MVP, team Captain and Best Offensive Player at Seven Lakes...Lauded by the Houston Chronicle as Player of the Week in 2011...Holds the All-time District record for home runs in a season (15)...Named First Team All-District in 2010...Chosen for the All-Tournament team at the Spring Branch 5A Varsity Tournament...Also tabbed as a [quote]Key Player[quote] by the Houston Chronicle as a sophomore...Voted the District 24-4A Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2008...Played club softball with the Houston Power.

Personal: Daughter of Robin and Modesto... Majoring in visual arts.

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2012Freshman

    IF
    5'4"
    24
  • 24

    2013Sophomore

    IF
    5'4"
    24
  • 24

    2014Junior

    IF
    5'4"
    24
  • 24

    2015Senior

    IF
    5'4"
    24