Elizabethtown College Athletics

AWARDS & HONORS 

2023 // SENIOR 
- Landmark Athlete of the Week (4/10, 4/24)
- Landmark All-Conference First Team 

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2024 // GRADUATE
- Made 2 starts on the mound
- Stuck out 5 vs. Scranton (5/11)

2023 // SENIOR 
- Appeared and started in 12 games on the mound
- Had a 6-1 record
- Pitched a career-high 67.1 innings and 49 strikeouts
- Recorded his 100th career-strikeout 
- Career-high 9 strikeouts vs. Drew (4/7)

2022 // JUNIOR
- Appeared and started in seven games 
- Pitched 36.1 innings, registering a 2-4 record
- Recorded 30 strikeouts
- Season-high six strikeouts at Piedmont (2/28)

2021 // SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in seven games, starting six
- Registered a 1-3 record with a 6.57 ERA and 23 strikeouts
- Pitched the Blue Jays to the Landmark Conference Championship in a 10-1 win at Catholic, allowing one run on four hits and striking out six over seven innings
- Pitched 11 innings in the postseason, allowing three earned runs on eight hits and striking out nine

2020 // FRESHMAN
- Appeared in three games, starting one
- Registered a 2.38 ERA with six strikeouts in 11.1 innings of work
- Made collegiate debut in season opener at Roanoke (2/22), scattering three hits over five innings while striking out two
- Season-high three strikeouts in win against Kenyon (3/2)
- Season cut short due to COVID-19

HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Paul VI Catholic High School
- Member of the Panthers' baseball team
- First Team All-WCAC and Second Team VISAA All-State as a senior
- WCAC Honorable Mention as a junior and helped the team to a 23-7 record, national ranking
- President of the Spanish Club as a senior

PERSONAL
- Son of Carlos Ortega and Alicia Palmer
- Father played soccer at McDaniel
- Younger sister, Sarah
- Majoring in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting
- Minoring in Data Analytics