SJSU:Completed her first season for San José State in 2014.
2014: Did not play in a game for the Spartans.
SAN JOSE CITY COLLEGE: Averaged .451 with 18 RBI and 29 runs scored in 31 games for San Jose City College (Head Coach Deborah Rooney-Hunter) in 2012...2012 National Fastpitch Coaches Association California Junior College Scholar-Athlete.
WESTMONT HS: Graduated in 2011 from Westmont High School in Campbell, Calif...Earned letters in softball for Head Coach Jon Hennig...First Team Blossom Valley Athletic League (BVAL) honoree in 2011...Second Team BVAL - Mount Hamilton her junior season...Also lettered in basketball...Played summer ball for the San Jose Lady Sharks.
PERSONAL: Plans to major in computer engineering science...Enjoys biking, hiking, snowboarding, going to the beach and dancing...Melissa Marie Ortiz was born on Sept. 9, 1993 in Los Gatos, Calif.