Texas A&M - Kingsville Athletics

2024: Appeared in 52 games and in 152 at bats she had a .316 batting average, 48 hits, 49 RBI's, 13 doubles, and 10 home runs.... collected 3 hits in the game against Lubbock Christian (03/02)....in win over UT Permian Basin she had 4 RBI's and 2 hits (03/22).... hit a home run against Midwestern State (04/10)

• 2022 NFCA Third-Team All-American
• 2022 NFCA All-Region Second-Team
• 2022 D2CCA All-Region Second-Team
• 2022 All-LSC First-Team

2022: Started all 62 games...Finished in the top 10 in teh Lone Star Conference in hits (67), doubles (16), homers (14), RBIs (49), walks (33) and slugging (.722)...Her 14 homers tied a program record and her slugging percentage was the second-best in program history...Scored 30 runs...Had a 3-for-3 day with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs on Feb. 20th in win over Christian Brothers...Went 4-for-5 with three doubles, one homer and six RBIs in doubleheader sweep of Texas A&M-San Antonio on March 29th...Homered twice and drove in five runs in win over Midwestern State on April 22nd...Blasted homers in both ends of a twin bill and drove in four runs while scoring three times on April 23rd at Texas Woman's...Homered in three straight postseason games on May 7th, 8th and 12th, including a grand slam in TAMUK's LSC Tournament semifinal win over Oklahoma Christian.

Personal: Daughter of Sona Samarron and Ricardo Ortiz...Majoring in Kinesiology.