Jamie Ortega (2022) - Patterson Medal Winners - University of North Carolina Athletics

Jamie Ortega

Induction:
2022
Class:
2022

2022 — Jamie Ortega: Women’s Lacrosse (Centereach, N.Y.)
The National Player of the Year in 2022, leading Carolina to an undefeated 22-0 record and an NCAA championship. Ortega played in four Final Fours, leading the Tar Heels to an 83-9 record, including 49-1 over her last three seasons.

She earned first-team All-America honors in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and third-team honors in 2018, becoming the first five-time All-America in Carolina women’s lacrosse history (played an extra year due to Covid-19).

A two-time ACC Attacker of the Year (2021, 2022), three-time All-ACC selection (2019, 2021, 2022) and two-time ACC Tournament MVP (2019, 2022), two-time finalist for the Tewaaraton Award and ACC and National Freshman of the Year in 2018 (no ACC awards were selected in 2020 due to the pandemic).

Carolina's career leader in goals and points and is second in assists. She scored 466 points and averaged a UNC-record 5.12 points per game. Finished her career No. 1 in ACC history and second all-time in NCAA history with 466 career points, breaking an ACC record that stood for over 20 years. Her 334 career goals ranked second in ACC history and third in NCAA history upon completion of her career.

Ortega scored at least one goal in 54 of her final 56 games, including a 50-game goal streak, and scored multiple goals in 80 of 91 career games, including five or more goals 31 times. She registered at least one point in her last 85 games and 90 of 91 overall. She started all 91 games, setting UNC records for games played and starts.

She played professionally in Japan.