University of South Carolina Upstate

2017: Played in 50 games and registered 49 starts…Hit this season with a .291 average with 11 doubles…Successfully stole a base 10-11 attempts…Collected 62 hits with 23 RBI…Has a .362 slugging percentage and .360 on-base percentage…Compiled 17 multi-hit and three multi-RBI games…Led the team in runs scored with 41…Had an eight-game hitting streak and reached base in all but nine games…Had a .941 fielding percentage…Hit over .500 in eight games this season… Drove in a season-high four RBI against Lipscomb and La Salle.

2016: Earned a spot on the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team and was named ASUN Freshman of the Year after leading the team with a .352 batting average with 37 hits, five triples and 18 RBI...In his first six games Ortiz went 12-for-25 with seven runs scored, seven RBI, two doubles and a triple...Tied for team and league lead with five triples...Hit game-winning single in 10th inning against Jacksonville (May 19). 

Before USC Upstate: Two-year letterwinner at Winter Springs High School … Missed his senior season due to injury … Hit .479 with 18 RBIs and 17 stolen bases as a junior … Was a Southern Athletic Conference first team selection in 2013.

Personal: Born July 25, 1996 in Boca Raton, Fla. … Son of Joseph Kelly and Ingrid Ortiz … Has two brothers and one sister … Favorite food is sushi … Favorite movie is “Lone Survivor” … Favorite TV show is “Friday Night Lights” … Favorite actress is Jennifer Aniston … Favorite musical artist is Kid Ink … Favorite season is spring … Favorite book is Clemente … Favorite sports figure is Derek Jeter … Favorite quote is “Work hard, play hard” … His dream job is to be a professional baseball player.