2012: Three-year letterwinner will continue to be in the mix for the team's top five ... one of the team's three captains.

2011: In her third season, Ortiz competed in five races for W&L ... took 15th at the ODAC Championships in 24:40.20 (10/29) ... finished 20th at the Generals Invitational (9/10), and had a season-best time of 24:01.00 at the Don Cathcart Invitational (10/1).

2009: As a first-year, earned Second Team All-ODAC honors with a 13th-place finish at the ODAC Championships (25:42.86) … finished 60th at the NCAA Regional Meet with a time of 26:08 … earned a third-place finish at the EMU Invitational with a time of 26:46 …

High School: Lettered in cross country, basketball and soccer at Ketichikan High School … served as a basketball and cross country team captain as a senior … three-time most valuable athlete of the cross country team … named most inspirational for cross country in 2006 and basketball and soccer in 2009 … helped lead the basketball team to a regional championship in 2009.

Personal: Mother, Lori, played basketball at Winona State … sister, Louisa, is a sophomore runner on the team ... also competes for the W&L track & field team ... English major.