#12 Bailey Ortega

Position S

Height 5-9

Class Fr.

Hometown Davenport, Iowa

High School Davenport North

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2023 as a senior

Saw action in all 111 sets
Reached the 2,000 career assists milestone on October 20th at Penn State
After 592 assists in the 2023 season, Ortega finished her Hawkeye career 9th on Iowa’s all-time assists list with 2,174 career assists, passing Jitka Stehnova (2,159; 2002-03).
Totaled 182 digs, 21 kills, and eight service aces
Academic All-Big Ten honoree
Academic All-District
Fall 2023 Dean’s List

2022 as a junior

Saw action in 86 sets
Registered 357 assists to total 1,582 career assists, ranking 10th most all-time at Iowa
Totaled 93 digs and 10 kills
Invited to participate in the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Program
Academic all-Big Ten honoree
Letterwinner

2021 as a sophomore

Spring 2021 as a freshman

Started all but two matches this season
Led Iowa with 387 assists and averaged 5.2 assists per set
Recorded 30+ assists twice this season and 20+ assists in eight matches; tallied double-digit assists in all but one match
Set personal bests in assists (34) and digs (12) Feb. 20 against Rutgers
Second on the team with 19 aces; recorded six matches with two aces

High School

Four-time all-conference honoree
Named All-Metro three times
Named Academic All-State her junior year
Named All-District her senior year
Two-time team captain during her junior and senior seasons
Played on the Iowa team in the Iowa vs Illinois All-Star match
Won the 17 National Division at USA VB Nationals in 2019
Three-year varsity basketball letterwinner and was named All-Metro and All-Conference
Invited to the USA HP A1 training program and team to play in the USA HP Championships in Fort Lauderdale, FL (placed fourth)
High school coach was Heath Donath
National Honor Society member, junior and senior year
Graduated with first honors (GPA of 3.75-3.99)
Member of Ambassadors, junior and senior year
Directed Dancing with the Stars fundraiser for 9 years, raising over $100,000 for Davenport North athletic teams with her mom