2021 Women's Lacrosse Roster
Jamie Ortega
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Centereach, N.Y.
- High School:
- Centereach
CAREER – Rewrote the UNC, ACC and NCAA record books in her career (2018-22) … The first five-time All-America in Carolina history …A third-team All-America pick by Inside Lacrosse as a freshman in 2018 while earning both ACC and National Freshman of the Year Awards … She then earned first-team All-America honors four times in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 … Finished her career first in ACC history and second in NCAA history with 466 career points, topping the record of former ACC leader Jen Adams of Maryland (1998-2001) that had stood for over 20 years … Carolina's career leader in goals and points and finished her career second in school history in assists … Tallied 466 points in 91 career games for a UNC-record 5.12 points per game … Katie Hoeg is second in school history with 370 points in 89 games (4.16 ppg) … Recorded the top three single-season points totals in UNC history (and four of the top seven): 113 in 2022, 112 in 2019, 110 in 2021 and 86 in 2018 ... Also tallied four of the top five single-season goal totals in UNC history: a school-record 82 in 2021, 81 in 2019, I 70 in 2018 and 69 in 2022 ... Ortega scored at least one goal in 54 of her final 56 games … Her 50-game streak came to an end in the ACC semifinal win over Notre Dame on May 1, 2022 … Scored multiple goals in 80 of 91 career games (87.9 percent) … Her 334 career goals are third in NCAA history and second in ACC annals … Scored five or more goals 31 times in 91 career games (34.1 percent of the time) … Tallied at least one point in her final 85 games in a row and 90 of 91 in her career … Started all 91 games in her career, the most starts and games played in school history.
FIFTH YEAR (2022) – Won the 2022 Honda Award for Lacrosse, given to the National Player of the Year ... Joined Kara Canizzaro (2013) as the only Tar Heels to win the honor ... Tewaaraton Award finalist (one of five) for the second year in a row ... Joined Marie McCool as the only two-time Tewaaraton finalists in UNC history ... The 2022 ACC Attacker of the Year, winning the award for a second consecutive year ... Unanimous first-team All-America (Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse, IWLCA) for the second year in a row ... First-team All-ACC for a third consecutive season ... ACC Tournament MVP for a second time, tallying nine points (four goals and five assists) in the ACC final vs. No. 2 Boston College ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Tallied a UNC single-season record 113 points on 69 goals and a career-high 44 assists ... Expanded her game and set the UNC points single-season points record despite scoring 69 goals (the lowest full-season total of her career) ... Led UNC in points (113), goals (69), assists (44), shots (132), and free position goals (12) ... Led the ACC in assists (ranking seventh in the nation) and assists per game (2.00) ... Fourth in the ACC (and 13th in the nation) in goals, sixth in the ACC in goals per game, second in the ACC (and sixth in the nation) in points and second in the ACC (and ninth in the nation) in points per game at 5.14.
SENIOR (2021) – Tewaaraton Award finalist (one of five) ... The 2021 ACC Attacker of the Year ... Unanimous first-team All-America (Inside Lacrosse, USA Lacrosse, IWLCA) ... First-team All-ACC ... ACC All-Tournament Team ... Ranked third in the nation in goals (82) despite missing one-and-a-half games (she sat out the season finale at Duke and the second half of the previous game against Virginia) and having a game canceled due to Covid-19 protocols ... Ranked fifth nationally with a shooting percentage of .656 ... Scored four or more goals in 14 of her 20 games in 2021 ... Against the nation's top competition at the ACC Tournament, she scored 12 goals on 19 shots, leading all players with her 12 goals ... Led Carolina in goals (82), points (110), shots (125), shooting percentage 9.656), game-winning goals (six) and free-position goals (17).
JUNIOR (2020) – Named co-National Player of the Year by Inside Lacrosse with teammate Katie Hoeg ... Ortega and Hoeg join Kara Cannizzaro (2013) as the only national players of the year in UNC history ... An Inside Lacrosse first-team All-America for the second consecutive season ... Tied for sixth in the nation with 32 goals, ranked third with 4.57 goals per game, tied for sixth with 45 points and tied for fourth with 6.43 points per game ... Also led the nation in shooting percentage (.762), scoring her 32 goals on just 42 shots ... One of five Tar Heels on the 56-player final watch list for the 2020 Tewaaraton Award.
2019 NCAA Tournament: Named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team after recording five goals and two assists in the semifinal vs. Boston College ... In three NCAA Tournament games, she totaled 10 goals and five assists.
2019 ACC Tournament: Her 19 points in winning ACC Tournament MVP honors set a new tournament record, breaking the previous mark of 17 set by Alex Aust of Maryland in 2012 ... Has 35 points (28 goals and seven assists) in six career ACC Tournament games ... Exploded for a school-record 12 points in the ACC Tournament win over Virginia Tech, tying the school record and an ACC Tournament record with eight goals ... Also had a career-high four assists vs. the Hokies.
2019 Regular Season: Scored a then-career-high seven goals with three assists to tie a UNC record with 10 points against Northwestern ... Had six goals and three assists (all in the first half) at Louisville ... Had six goals and two assists in the win at Duke, earning ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors ... Had six goals and two assists against High Point, five goals and two assists vs. Virginia Tech and five goals and one assist vs. JMU.
FRESHMAN (2018) – Posted what is likely the best freshman season in Carolina history, setting UNC freshman records for most goals with 70 (20 more than the previous freshman record of 50) and most points with 86 ... Her 86 points were the second-most by a Tar Heel in UNC history (behind teammate Katie Hoeg’s 89) ... Her 70 goals were the second-most in a season by a Tar Heel (Molly Hendrick had 72 in 2017) ... 2018 National Rookie of the Year (ILWomen) ... The 2018 ACC Freshman of the Year … Third-team All-America (ILWomen) ... Second-team All-South (IWLCA) ... Led all ACC freshmen and the UNC team in goals with 70 (second overall in the ACC) … Also led all ACC freshmen in points (86) … Led Carolina in shooting percentage (.574) … Second on the team in points (86) and fifth in assists (16) … All-ACC Tournament Team after setting a tournament record with 15 goals in three UNC wins … Scored six goals with an assist in the ACC final win over No. 2 and previously undefeated Boston College … All-NCAA Tournament Team after tallying four goals and an assist in the NCAA semifinal vs. James Madison ... Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week and two-time National Offensive Player of the Week ... Scored a season-high seven goals and had a season-high eight points in the win over Duke ... Dished out a season-high three assists against Louisville.
HIGH SCHOOL – Tallied three goals in the 2017 Under Armour All-America Game .... The 2017 Long Island Player of the Year ... New York state’s all-time leader in points with 588 (402 goals and 186 assists) ... Tallied 98 goals and 45 assists as a senior at Centereach HS for Coach Lindsay Dolson ... Ranked the top prep player in the nation in 2016 by Inside Lacrosse ... A six-year varsity starter ... MVP of the 2017 Long Island Championship ... Two-time US Lacrosse All-America ... Scored three goals in the 2017 Under Armour All-America Game and was selected to wear the Tewaaraton Badge Jersey for the North team ... Led her school to its first NYS championship game in 2017 ... All-USA Today first-team ... All-Metro Co-Player of the Year in 2017 ... Five-time all-county ... Four-time team MVP ... Also a five-year varsity starter and two-time all-county pick in soccer ... Four-time honor roll student ... Varsity club ... Active in youth coaching.
PERSONAL – Jamie Alena Ortega is the daughter of Susan and Louis Ortega ... Birthday is June 11 ... Born in Centereach, N.Y. ... Her sister played lacrosse at Notre Dame ... Communication studies major.
