Soccer-Women

Melissa Ortiz # 11
Forward Junior

Home Town: Wellington, Fla.
High School: Cardinal Newman HS
Major: Undecided

Height: 5' 6"

As a Freshman: Started all 18 games...one of five players to start every match...had one of the most prolific freshman seasons in school history...named the Sunshine State Conference Freshman of the Year and First Team All-SSC...earned Daktronics and NSCAA Second Team All-South Region recognition...recorded 17 goals, nine assists and 43 points on 70 shots with six game-winning goals and one game-winning assist...led the SSC in points per game (2.39) and goals per game (0.94), was tied for first in goals, second in points and game-winning goals, fifth in assists per game (0.50) and tied for fifth in assists...ranked 10^th in the nation in points per game 15^th in goals per game and 26^th in assists per game...tallied at least one point in 16 of 18 games...opened the season with seven consecutive multi-point games...recorded at least two points in 12 games...notched two hat tricks...scored a goal in her first career game, a 2-1 loss to UMass-Lowell (8/29)...recorded seven points in her second career game, scoring three goals and assisting on another as the Fighting Knights won 4-1 against Newberry (8/31)...named SSC Offensive Player of the Week for September 8 after contributing to four goals in a pair of victories over Alabama-Huntsville (9/5) and North Alabama (9/7)...had a goal and assist in Lynn's 4-0 win against the Chargers then logged her first career multi-assist game, including the game-winner, in a 4-0 victory over the Lions...scored twice and assisted on another goal in a 5-0 win at St. Thomas (9/10)...tallied her second seven point outing, recording three goals and an assist at the Knights won 4-1 at Colorado Christian (9/26)...her game against CCU started a string of six consecutive games with a goal...scored game-winning goals in back-to-back games against Flagler (10/8) and Florida Tech (10/11) in earning SSC Offensive Player of the Week honors for the second time.

At Prior High School: Played for Mary Romero at Cardinal Newman High School�four-year letterwinner�scored 91 goals with 32 assists in her career�two-time Palm Beach Post First Team All-Area selection�three-time Sun-Sentinel First Team All-Area and all-conference honoree�scored a career-high 32 goals her senior year with the Crusaders�previously played for the Wellington Wave club soccer team�member of the National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Future Business Leaders of America and Student Government Senior Class Treasurer.

Personal Information: Born Melissa Marie Ortiz on January 24, 1990 in West Palm Beach, Fla�daughter of Frank and Gloria Ortiz�youngest of three siblings, Jonathan (25) and Christian (22)�undecided on major�career ambition is to become an architect�describes herself as loyal, dedicated and passionate�lists �Love Actually� as her favorite movie and Carlos Vives as her favorite artist.

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