Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

Omar Ortitz celebrated a tremendous freshman season as a Bronc, pitching 4-1 record and batting .571 with three home runs among his 4-for-7 at the plate.     Now he's a rare sophomore who can stabilize an NCAA Division I level team's pitching staff. With his strong college start, he is being expected to lead the pitchers. He actually pitched better than his 4-1 record looks, because relievers couldn't hold his late innings leads. He had seven no-decisions and could have won them all.     At 6-1 and 200, Ortiz starred for Brownsville Hanna Two years. As a senior, he went 5-5 for Coach Rick Schwartz but struck out 110 with 0.71 ERA and hit .250. Few HS stars double their BA as freshmen in college, but four swings jumped Ortiz from .250 to .571.     Ortiz is majoring in Kinesiology, minoring in Spanish.