2017-18 AWARDS
All-Conference: First Team
LEC All-Defensive Team
SEASON HIGHS
Games Played/Games Started: 29/29
Points: 20 vs. Plymouth State University, February 10 (209 total/7.2 ppg)
Rebounds: 6 two times (70 total/2.4 rpg)
Assists: 8 two times (129 total/4.4 apg)
Blocked Shots: 1 two times (2 total)
Steals: 6 vs. Dean College, February 1 (69 total)
Minutes: 35 two times (780 total/26.9 mpg)
NOTABLES
- Named to the Little East Conference First Team in her senior season
- Named to the All-Defensive Team for the second straight season
- Led the Beacons in total minutes played (780)
- Tied for second in the LEC in total assists (129) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) and third in assists per game (4.4)
- Led the conference in free throw percentage, shooting 81.9%
- Vital set the program record for assists in a single-season (127)
- Had her best outing on January 10 where she scored 20 points and had 5 assists against Plymouth State University
2016-17 Stepped into the starting lineup and started all 29 games ... Named to the Little East Conference Defensive Team and helped the Owls to their first LEC Tournament Championship ... Led the team with her 31.8 minutes per game ... Ranked in the top three on the team with new career-highs of 10.6 points, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game ... Shot a career-best 33.8 percent from the field, 29.2 percent from distance and 77.4 percent from the charity stripe ... Finished tied for seventh in the conference with her 42 made 3-pointers (42-144) ... Recorded double-digit points in 16 of 29 games ... Totaled a career-high eight assists, to go along with nine points against Endicott College on November 22 ... Posted a career-high 20 points on November 29 in a road win over RPI ... Finished with a game-high 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting in an LEC Semifinal victory over UMass Dartmouth ... Chipped in with 11 points and four rebounds in the LEC Championship against Eastern Connecticut State.
2015-16 Came off the bench in all 29 games as a sophomore ... Averaged 3.0 points, 1.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.0 steals in 13.3 minutes per game ... Recorded a season-high eight points against SUNY-Cobleskill and Rhode Island College.
2014-15 Played in nine games as a freshman at Keene State ... Averaged 1.4 points, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 10.7 minutes per game ... Saw time in each of their first nine games of the year, before missing the rest of the season.
PERSONAL/HIGH SCHOOL Transferred to UMass Boston after spending her first three seasons at fellow Little East Conference school Keene State College ... Graduated from Worcester Academy in 2014 ... Played Volleyball and Basketball in high school ... Won the MVP Award of the Blackburn Tournament All-Star Game three times ... Daugher of Beatriz Ortiz ... Has three siblings, Celina, Sophia and Travis ... Currently majoring in Psychology.
