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Freshman (2011): A member of the indoor and sand volleyball teams at FIU … Saw action in 11 matches, playing in 18 sets as a freshman … Contributed 15 digs, six kills, three assists, one block assist and one service ace on the year … Notched her first-career service ace, kill and block vs. Tulane (9/9) … Posted a career-high three kills at South Alabama (11/11) … Tallied career-high marks of nine digs and two assists at Florida Atlantic (10/7).

Prior to FIU: Has 10 years of volleyball experience ... Also competed in track & field at Foundation Academy ... Named volleyball Junior Team Best Hitter in 2006 ... Earned Junior Team MVP honors three times ... Tabbed Best Hitter and Best Defensive Player in 2008 ...  Led Ponce Levoc to a gold medal at Federacion de Voleibol de Puerto Rico for 13-14U and 15-16U ... Earned another gold medal with Cupovo (15-16U) ... Her Fusion Puerto Rican Junior National Team earned a gold medal in 2008 for 15U competition and in 2010 for 18U ... Playing with Top Select Academy in 2011, led her squad to four gold medals and a pair of second-place finishes in AAU competition ... Earned category 18U MVP accolades at the Primera Hora Puerto Rico Junior National Championship in 2010 ... Had previously been named an All-Star at the same event for 16U in 2008 ... An Honor Roll student, earning awards for arts and painting (2009-11) and for the best math grade (2011).

Personal: Born April 19, 1993 ... Daughter of Jose Javier Ortiz and Jacqueline Colon ... Has an older brother, Carlos Xavier Ortiz ... Enjoys going to the beach, movies and painting ... Criminal Justice major ... Has aspirations of becoming a lawyer in the future.