2019 (Senior): Appeared in 11 games with three starts for Little Rock...tossed 15.0 innings with 16 strikeouts...threw 4.0 innings allowing just one run with five strikeouts in the Trojans' win over South Dakota State (March 9)...tossed a scoreless inning in Little Rock's win over UAPB (Apr. 9).

2018 (Junior): Appeared in nine games for the Trojans with four starts ... Posted a 3.38 ERA in 26.2 innings pitched with a 2-2 record ... Registered 17 strikeouts while allowing 16 hits, 10 earned runs and 11 walks ... Held opponents to a .176 batting average ... Earned the win against Oral Roberts (Mar. 27) ... Pitched 5.0 innings in his first start at Texas State (Mar. 30), earning the win after allowing just two runs (none earned) on one hit with three strikeouts ... Pitched a season-high 6.0 innings in the start against Georgia Southern (Apr. 8), allowing one run on three hits with six strikeouts ... Struck out a pair in 4.2 innings in the win over ULM (Apr. 14).

Western Texas College: Appeared in 10 games and made three starts... Recorded a 2-2 record with four saves in 28.2 innings... Tallied an ERA of 2.83 with 21 strikeouts. 

John B. Alexander HS: Played all four years of high school.

Personal: Hometown is Laredo, Texas... Son of Alejandro and Maria Ortiz... Has one brother, Alex, and two sisters, Mariana and Valeria... Majoring in psychology.