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Mark Ortega
Jersey Number 4

Mark Ortega

  • Position:
    SS
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • High School:
    Palm Beach Gardens
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2008: Appeared and started 54 games, mostly at shortstop...Played eight games at third base and five games at first base...Batted .280 (53-for-189) with nine doubles...Was third on the team in home runs (five) and RBI (31)...Batted .323 with runners in scoring position...Batted .396 in first 15 games as an Owl...Had career-high three hits, including a double and triple, at Bethune Cookman (2/24)...Hit first collegiate home run at Old Dominion (2/29)...Had seven-game hitting streak from March 11-21, batting .429 (12-for-28) over that span...Had three hits and two RBI at Saint Joseph[apos]s (3/30)...Also had three hits vs. George Mason (4/16) and Dayton (5/10).

2007 (at Boston College): Played in seven games, starting one...Batted .300 (3-for-10) with one run scored...Drove in two runs.

2006 (at Boston College): Played in 13 games, including two ACC contests...Started three games at third base and one game at shortstop...Was 1-for-18 (.056) in 18 plate appearances...Recorded two walks, two runs scored and one RBI...Was 2-for-3 in stolen base attempts.

High School: Named to the AFLAC All-America Team as a junior in 2004...Was a member of the U-16 National Team in 2003...Won a gold medal in Taiwan for Amateur Olympic Championship...Named to the all-area team while at Palm Beach Gardens...Also played soccer and basketball.

Personal: Major is marketing.

Year avggp-gsabrh2b3bhrrbitbslg%bbhbpsogdpob%sfshsb-attpoaefld%
2008.... .280 54-54 189 31 53 9 1 5 31 79 .418 28 3 36 1 .378 2 1 1-2 128 130 31 .893
TOTAL... .280 54-54 189 31 53 9 1 5 31 79 .418 28 3 36 1 .378 2 1 1-2 128 130 31 .893
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