Alec Ortiz

Class:
Freshman
Position:
165
Hometown:
Grand Ronde, Ore.
High School:
Newberg HS

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2013-14 • REDSHIRT SENIOR

Overall Record: 7-6
Dual Meet Record: 0-1
Big Ten Record: 0-1
Pins: 2
Major Decisions: 1
Technical Falls: 0

Placed sixth at Bison Open • Went 3-1 at Dragon Open • Earned a major decision over Geno Morelli of Pittsburgh during the Southern Scuffle • Saw his only dual action against Northwestern, falling to Leroy Munster 4-1 •

2012-13 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Overall Record: 2-2
Dual Meet Record: 2-2
Big Ten Record: 0-1
Pins: --
Major Decisions: --
Technical Falls: --

Finished season with 2-2 overall record • Saw 2-2 dual record and 0-1 Big Ten record • Saw 14-4 major decision over Luke Copp of Itasca at the Bison Quad • Defeated Austin Morehead of No. 13 Oregon State in a 7-5 sudden victory (12/8) •

2011-12 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Overall Record: 11-9
Dual Meet Record: 5-7
Big Ten Record: 3-4
Pins: 3
Major Decisions: 0
Technical Falls: 0

Placed sixth at the Bison Open (N.D.) after pinning teammate Brian Peterson at 5:28 • Went 11-9 overall and 3-4 in the Big Ten • Started the year wrestling at 174 pounds before moving down to 157 for the regular season • Went 4-2 at the Southern Scuffle • Pinned Kerry Brown of Duke at 4:01 in the consolation round • Won three straight matches late in the season including a 5-3 decision over No. 20 Tommy Churchard of Purdue • Defeated Jackson Morse of Illinois in a 8-4 decision • Picked up his final win against Wisconsin's Shawn Perry 11-9 decision •

2010-11 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
Overall Record: 1-5
Dual Meet Record: 1-5
Big Ten Record: N/A
Pins: 0
Major Decisions: 1
Technical Falls: 0

Went 1-5 overall on the season with one major decision • Lone win of the year was a 14-8 decision over John Blakely of Appalachian State at 157 lbs. • Earned his first letter •

2009-10 • FRESHMAN (REDSHIRTED)

Posted a 15-6 mark at 165 in his first season in the Maroon and Gold, competing solely in open meets • Won five matches by fall and four by major decision • First win came in first match with a 11-2 major decision over Shane Primeau of the University of Mary • First fall came one match later, in 6:04 over Logan McAlpin of Southwest Minnesota • Closed season with a 1-2 mark at the North Country Open with an opening 6-2 win over Matt Jeska before defaulting out of the tournament • Placed third at the Worthington Open, going 4-1 and pinning Jack Barnes of RCTC in 3:24 in the third place match • Went 2-1 at the Dragon Open to place second with his only loss to Tyler Johnson of North Dakota State in the championship match • Placed third at the Kaufman-Brand Amateur with a 4-1 mark, scoring a 5-3 win over Allen Rutherford of Labette CC in the third place match • Placed second at the Bison Open, going 3-1 with his only loss a 7-9 setback to Tyler Johnson of North Dakota State in the Championship •

HIGH SCHOOL

2009 graduate of Newberg High School • Also attended Willamina High School • Three-time Oregon state champion at 160 lbs. • No. 4 overall recruit in the nation and the No. 1-ranked wrestler in his weight class • Went unscathed though high school posting a perfect 116-0 record • Four-time state champion • Only the second wrestler from Oregon to go undefeated for four years with four state titles, with the first being former Minnesota head assistant coach Joe Russell's older brother Dan • Heaviest freshman to ever win an Oregon state title • Claimed four Junior National All-America citations (two in Freestyle and two in Greco-Roman) •

PERSONAL

Born on Feb. 24, 1990 • Son of Mario and Diane Ortiz • Oldest of three children (Dominique-15, Julian-8) • Majoring in graphic design • Lists meeting Michael Phelps at the Olympic Training Center as his most memorable sports thrill •

Season	Overall	Dual	Big Ten	Pins	MD	TF	Big Ten Finish	NCAA Finish
2009-10	15-6	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
2010-11	1-5	1-5	-	-	1	-	-	-
2011-12	11-9	5-7	3-4	3	-	-	-	-
2012-13	2-2	2-2	0-1	-	-	-	-	-
2013-14	7-6	0-1	0-1	2	1	-	-	-
Total	36-28	8-15	3-6	7	3	-	-	-