Zack Ortiz
Zack Ortiz

Player Profile
Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Garden Grove, Calif.

High School:
Cypress

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 220

Position:
RHP

Bats/Throws:
R/R

05/22/2012

No. 9 UCLA Baseball Registers 6-2 Win at UC Irvine

Bruins complete midweek schedule with perfect 11-0 record

04/21/2012

No. 11 UCLA Baseball Loses at Oregon State, 3-0

Beau Amaral extends hitting streak to 21 games.

04/17/2012

No. 11 UCLA Baseball Defeats Cal State Northridge, 12-4

Beau Amaral goes 3-for-5 with solo home run, two RBI.

04/14/2012

No. 17 UCLA Baseball Records 15-3 Victory at No. 4 Arizona

Beau Amaral, Tyler Heineman each tally four hits in Pac-12 road victory

03/30/2012

No. 6 UCLA Baseball Registers 16-0 Victory at Utah

Jeff Gelalich goes 3-for-5 with one home run, two RBI, three runs

2012
Made 12 appearances, all in relief...went 2-0 with a 2.92 ERA, recording six strikeouts and nine walks in 12.1 innings...pitched a season-high 2.1 innings in relief at Utah (March 30), allowing no runs and one hit...registered a season-high two strikeouts in a scoreless inning of relief versus Washington State (March 24)...pitched a scoreless ninth inning at Arizona (April 14), allowing UCLA to secure a 15-3 win...earned the victory in his first collegiate outing, a midweek victory at Cal State Northridge (Feb. 21)...also tallied the win at home versus Cal State Northridge (April 17), scattering two hits and logging one strikeout in one scoreless inning.

High School
Four-year varsity baseball letterwinner at Cypress High School under head coach John Weber ... two-year varsity football letterwinner at Cypress under head coach Ray Fenton and one-year varsity basketball letterwinner under head coach Jeff Russell...went 7-2 with a 1.69 ERA, 84 strikeouts and five complete games in 70.1 innings as a senior (2011)...named Cypress High School's team MVP as a senior...finished his career as Cypress' all-time leader in pitching appearances (43)...logged a career 2.38 ERA with 19 wins, 10 complete games and 207 strikeouts at Cypress...earned honorable mention All-America honors from Louisville Slugger as a senior...captured All-Empire League Pitcher of the Year honors as a junior...secured first-team All-Empire League honors as a sophomore...as a junior, earned first-team All-Empire League honors at quarterback for Cypress.

Personal
Full name: Zackery Austin Ortiz...born March 24, 1993 in Los Alamitos, Calif...Zack is the youngest of Steve and Brandy Ortiz's three sons...has two older brothers, Steven and Tyler...intends to major in history.

Career Highs
Innings - 2.1 at Utah (3/30/12)
Strikeouts - 2 vs. Washington State (3/23/12)

ZACK ORTIZ'S CAREER STATISTICS

Year Class ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF OAV WP HBP SFA SHA BK
2012 Fr. 2.92 2-0 12 0 0 0 12.1 16 7 4 9 6 5 0 1 59 .320 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 2.92 2-0 12 0 0 0 12.1 16 7 4 9 6 5 0 1 59 .320 1 0 0 0 0


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