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2022 Baseball Roster

13 Nick Ortega

  • Position OF
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • Highschool Jesuit
  • Prev School Creighton

Biography

2022 – Graduate: Played in 43 games, making 26 starts… Came up with 17 hits in 83 at-bats to post a .205 batting average… Scored 10 runs… Recorded 10 RBI… Walked nine times… Held a .340 on-base percentage and a .253 slugging percentage… Stole two bases… Only one error led to a .989 fieldling percentage… First hit came in the home opener vs. Manchester (3/2)… Stole a base, recorded two hits and scored a run in a start at Jacksonville (3/5)… Went 3-for-4 against Western Illinois with two RBI and a run scored (3/14)… Scored two runs at Bellarmine (3/29)… Hit a double vs. Georgetown as part of a 2-for-4 day… Ended the St. John’s series with a home run and three RBIs (4/24).

2021 – Senior Season: Played in 30 games, making 18 starts… Recorded nine hits in 55 at-bats to post a .164 batting average… Scored five runs… Three of his nine hits were doubles… Recorded two RBI… Ended the year with 12 total bases… Walked eight times to raise his on-base percentage to .270… Owned a .218 slugging percentage… Stole two bases… Mistake-free in the outfield to post a 1.000 fielding percentage… Walked and scored a run in the first two games of the season (3/9-12)… Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, one RBI and one run scored at Evansville (3/20)… Second multi-hit game of the season came vs. Valpo (3/26)… Hit an RBI double at Ball State (4/3)… Final hit of the year came in a start vs. Northern Kentucky (5/2).

2020 – Junior Season: Only player to start in all 15 games… Led the team with a .283 batting average… Collected 13 hits in 46 at-bats… Scored a team-high 11 runs… Led BU with four doubles… Added a home run to move his slugging percentage to .435… Ended the year with 11 RBI and 20 total bases… Walked 12 times and was hit by a pitch five times to raise his on-base percentage to .469… Perfect in the field with 32 put-outs and zero errors… Went 2-for-3 vs. Western Illinois with a homer, a double, a team-best four runs and five RBI (2/23)… Notched six total bases vs. the Leathernecks... Opened the season going 2-for-3 vs. North Carolina A&T with a double, a run and two RBI (2/14)… Impacted the win over George Mason with three hits, including a double, and two runs scored (2/15)… Ended the Evansville series with two hits, two RBI and a run scored (3/1)… Went 2-for-3 at UCF with a double and an RBI (3/6)… Led BU with five multi-hit games… Team leader with three multi-RBI games.

2017 Freshman Season: Appeared in 18 games... 1-for-5 as a pinch hitter... Collected his first hit against Utah Valley on March 19.

High School: Three-year letterwinner... Earned his team’s gold glove as a senior... Hit .311 in 82 games over his three seasons with Jesuit... As a senior he hit at a .326 clip in 30 contests... Collected 28 hits and scored 26 runs as a senior.... His 15 RBI helped the Tigers to a 24-6 mark, including an undefeated record (10-0) in district play (6A-8).

Personal: Son of former Bluejay Eddie Ortega (1983-86).

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Historical Player Information

  • 40

    2019Sophomore

    OF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    40
  • 13

    2020Junior

    OF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2021Senior

    OF
    5'10" 180 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2022Graduate Student

    OF
    5'10" 200 lbs
    13
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