The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2017 Softball Roster
Roster
Jade Gortarez
- Position:
- IF/OF
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Hillcrest
- Hometown:
- Riverside, Calif.
TRAVEL BALL
Played travel ball with the Arcadia Astros (baseball), earning a Golden Arm Award and a Max Han Coaches Award ... Gortarez batted .304 and posted a 1.00 ERA during the 2016 travel ball season.
BEFORE TEXAS
A native of Riverside, Calif., Gortarez has taken a slightly different route to the Texas softball program than her peers, lettering four years in varsity baseball along with cross country, basketball and track & field at Hillcrest High School (Hit .261 as a senior with a .417 on-base percentage with four errors in 108 total chances) ... As the starting shortstop for the U.S. Women’s National Baseball Team, she helped lead the Red, White & Blue to a 6-1 overall record at the 2016 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup in Gijang, South Korea, a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, to a silver medal at the 2014 Women’s World Cup of Baseball in Japan and to the title at the 2015 COPABE Pan American Games qualifier in the Dominican Republic ... At the 2016 WBSC Women’s Baseball World cup, Gortarez batted .286 overall (4-for-14) with six runs scored, two walks, a double, a triple, a stolen base and four RBIs, while also registering a 1.75 ERA over four total innings of pitching relief ... During the successful 2015 Pan Am Games run, Gortarez posted a .484 on-base percentage as the everyday lead-off hitter while scoring eight runs, walking eight times, managing a double, a triple and a pair of RBIs over eight games played ... At the 2014 Women’s Baseball World Cup, she went 8-for-16 (.500) with a double and three RBIs and was named the tournament’s top defensive player.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jade Gortarez ... Born July 8, 1998, in West Covina, Calif. ... Daughter of Gilbert and Claudia Gortarez ... Has two siblings, Maya and Millie ... Chose Texas over a list of schools including UCLA, Alabama, Cal State Fullerton, Penn and Harvard ... Cites winning a gold medal at the 2015 Pan Am Games and being on the field for the national anthem at Yankee Stadium as her most memorable moments in sports to this point.
