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Jersey Number 14
Channy Ortiz
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 165
- Class:
- Senior
- B/T:
- S/R
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- HS:
- Apollo
- Major:
- Communications
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2021 MLB Draft
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Lopes in the Pros 97th pick View full history |
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Grand Canyon |
2021 | Senior
- Earned first-team All-WAC recognition as a shortstop.
- Led the Lopes with eight home runs and 37 walks drawn.
- Ranked in the top-100 nationally in walks drawn, hits, runs scored and toughest to strike out.
- Finished second in the WAC in runs scored (56), hits (71) and walks (37).
- Led the team with 24 multi-hit games.
- Hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to help GCU defeat No. 16 Arizona. It was GCU's first walk-off homer since current assistant coach Paul Panaccione hit one against Seattle U on May 3, 2015.
- Homered in three straight games against Northern Colorado (April 11), Arizona (April 13) and New Mexico State (April 16).
- Hit two home runs in GCU's series-opening victory at Sacramento State on April 30, joining Brock Burton with multiple home runs in the same game. Along with Burton, also had six RBIs in the win.
- Had a career-high four hits against Oregon State on Feb. 27.
- Won the Gold Glove Award in GCU's fall camp, Camp Canyon.
- Returned to GCU after one year at Yavapai College and ranked third on the team with a .282 batting average.
- Drew 10 walks for second-most on team.
- One of just three players (Juan Colato, Drew Smith) to start all 18 games of the shortened season.
- Logged three hits and scored three runs in GCU's series-clinching win over Oklahoma State on Feb. 16.
- Scored the winning run on a wild pitch to walk off with a win over Oregon in 12 innings on Feb. 18.
- Hit his first Division I home run at Stanford on Feb. 28, a game-tying two-run shot in the eighth in a game the Lopes went on to win in 18 innings.
- Logged multi-hit games in all three outings against Pacific on March 6-8.
- Made GCU debut vs. TCU on Feb. 17.
- Started all three games during GCU's participation in the Tony Gwynn Classic. Recorded two RBIs in his first start while picking up a base hit in all three games.
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Yavapai College |
Prescott, Ariz. |
- Spent one season with the Roughriders where he hit .309 with a .410 on-base percentage.
- Went 19 for 22 in stolen bases.
Summer Leagues |
- 2019: Academy Barons | California Collegiate League | Compton, Calif.
- 2018: Liberal Bee Jays | Jayhawk League | Liberal, Kan.
Apollo HS |
Glendale, Ariz. |
- Three-year starter and three-year captain.
- Racked up two All-State first team selections and several all-section accolades.
- Over his three-year prep career, Ortiz held a cumulative .394 batting average with an on-base percentage of nearly .500.
- In 94 games, Ortiz posted 113 hits, drove in 63 runs and scored 91 times.
- Helped lead the Hawks to a 29-8 record in 2016 as a junior, hitting an extra-inning walk off against Prescott High School in the second round of the state playoffs.
Personal |
- Older brother, Ernesto, played baseball at Grand Canyon from 2011-12 and is currently the head softball coach at Ottawa University's Surprise, Ariz. campus.
- Older brother, Hector, played baseball at Arizona Christian University.
- Sister-in-law, Vanessa Ortiz née Chavez, played softball at Grand Canyon from 2011-12.
- Chose Grand Canyon for the baseball coaching staff and to "be part of the rise."
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