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2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

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23 Nseije Ortiz

  • Position Guard
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Porterville HS
  • Hometown Porterville, Calif.

Biography

Notable Women's Basketball Awards
- Big West All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

As a Junior (2025-26)
- Started all 30 games, averaging 27.7 minutes per game
- Averaged 4.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game
- Recorded 107 assists, ranked 15th in the West Region
- Ranked 20th in assist/turnover ratio (1.11)
- Finished fifth in total assists within the conference schedule (74)
- Had a career day of 16 points and a dozen rebounds at San Francisco State (Jan. 10)
- Tallied a season best 10 assists at UC Merced (Feb. 7), also had a +8 assist/turnover ratio in that game
- Recorded a season-best six field goals, including four from 3-point range, at San Francisco State (Jan. 10)

With Cal State Bakersfield
- Spent three seasons with the Roadrunners; redshirted as a junior
- Earned the Jockey Award, which honors standout student-athletes from CSUB along with high school atheltes for exceptional achievements in sports, academics and character
- Named to the Big West All-Academic team three times
- Started 27 of 49 games in two seasons (2022-24), averaging 17.6 minutes, 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds
- Recorded game bests 13 points and six rebounds at UC Davis (Jan. 26, 2023)

Pre-Chico Days
- 2022 graduate of Porterville High School in Porterville, CA
- Starred in basketball, soccer, and volleyball
- Led Porterville to 2 Central Section Valley titles and 1 Southern Regional State Championship in basketball
- Earned 2x MVP honors and was twice named First Team EYL
- Played two years of club basketball with Team Militant Central (Bakersfield, CA)

Personal
- Born January 18 in Porterville, CA
- Daughter of Rebecca and Saul
- Has two siblings: Sare and Noah
- Plans to graduate in 2026 with a degree in Liberal Studies and a minor in Philosophy
- Post-collegiate goal: Play basketball overseas
- Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant
- Greatest sports moment: Pulling off an upset in the state playoffs during high school
- Best talent outside of basketball: “Making money”
- Best advice received: “Patience is a virtue,” from her father
- Chose Chico State for the coaches and the culture

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