Deanna Ortiz

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Resurrection

Career Notes:

Earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior.

2010-11 (Junior):

Earned DePaul's 3-point award and Shirley Becker Academic Award
Appeared in 23 games and averaged 12.9 minutes per outing
Reached double-figures in three games
Career-best 12 points against UC Riverside and Northern Illinois
23 of Ortiz's 31 field goals have been 3-pointers (74.2%)
Career-best 4-for-5 effort against UC Riverside and Northern Illinois
Tied career-best with six rebounds against Providence
Career-best three steals against Valparaiso.

2009-10 (Sophomore):

Saw action in 25 games with her first collegiate start at Marquette on Feb. 20
Played double-digit minutes in 12 games with a career-high 22 minutes against UIC on Dec. 12
19 minutes of action against Vandy and dished out a career-best four assists and had two steals
Five of her nine made field goals were 3-pointers
Started the second half against UIC and at Notre Dame
Career-best five rebounds vs. UIC
Three assists vs. UIC, Loyola and at Notre Dame
Awarded the Shirley Becker Academic Award for having a GPA above 3.5

2008-09 (Freshman):

Played in 27 games
Grabbed one board in one minute of action vs. West Virginia at the BIG EAST Championship
Three points and one rebound in a career-high 15 minutes at Cincinnati
Added one rebound and two assists in three minutes vs. USF
Two points, a steal and an assist vs. Syracuse
Recorded first career block in seven minutes of action at Villanova
Four points, two steals and a rebound, assist and block vs. Seton Hall
One rebound and an assist at St. John's
One rebound vs. Rutgers
One point, rebound and assist vs. Providence
Two points and a pair of blocks versus Notre Dame
Two rebounds in seven minutes of action at Louisville
Went two-for-four from behind the arc in 15 minutes played against Green Bay
Six points and added a pair of rebounds in six minutes of action against Northern Illinois
Six points, three rebounds and two assists at Missouri State
Played 13 minutes against Southern Illinois with three rebounds, two points
Scored six points against Southern with two rebounds
Five points and a steal against Alcorn State
Tallied two steals and two rebounds in first collegiate game against Idaho State.

High School:

Four-year letterwinner at Resurrection
Finished career with 1,585 points
Averaged 12.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game
Two-time Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-State honoree
Played for the North squad in the IBCA Class 3A-4A All-Star Game
Three-time GCAC All-Conference and All-Academic Team mention
McDonald's All-American nominee
Named to the national top 100 by Street and Smith
Selected as one of Chicagoland's top 50 players by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times
Picked up first team All-Area honors from the Chicago Sun-Times as a junior and senior
Honorable mention All-State honoree for Class 3A-4A by the Chicago Tribune
Named MVP of the Niles North Tournament during senior season
Three-time member of the Dundee Crown All-Tournament Team
Played for Kerry Durham.

Personal:

Daughter of Orlando and Silvia Ortiz
Has two brothers, David and Mario
Enrolled in the College of Commerce with a business administration concentration.

Ortiz by the Numbers
Career Statistics
BIG EAST Career Statistics
2010-11 Game-by-Game Statistics
2009-10 Game-by-Game Statistics
2008-09 Game-by-Game Statistics

Career Highs
Points: 12, vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 27, 2010)
Rebounds: 6 (2x), last vs. Providence (Jan. 5, 2011)
Assists: 5, at UIC (Nov. 23, 2010)
Steals: 3, vs. Valparaiso (Nov. 12, 2010)
Blocked Shots: 1 (11x), last vs. Northern Illinois (Dec. 11, 2010)
Field Goals: 4 (2x), last vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 27, 2010)
Field Goal Attempts: 9, at Loyola-Chicago (Dec. 9, 2010)
3pt. Field Goals: 4, vs. UC Riverside (Nov. 27, 2010)
3pt. Field Goal Attempts: 5 (3x), last vs. Northwestern (Dec. 13, 2010)
Free Throws: 3, vs. Southern (Nov. 21, 2008)
Free Throw Attempts: 4, vs. Southern (Nov. 21, 2008)
Minutes: 23, at Loyola-Chicago (Dec. 9, 2010)
Games in Double-Figures: 3