University of Albany

UAlbany: Appeared in 10 games in her first season with the program after transferring from Colgate University ... scored four goals ... netted a pair of shots at New Hampshire on April 16 ... also found the cage against Boston University in the America East semifinals ... Colgate: Appeared in 15 games and made 11 starts in 2007 ... tallied 11 goals and four assists for 15 points ... added six ground balls and three draw controls ... played in four games as a freshman ... scored her first goal as a collegian against Oregon ... High School: Named to Albany Times Union All-Area first team as a senior ... second-leading scorer in Section II with 78 goals and 52 assists for 130 points ... also earned all-area recognition as a junior with 50 goals and 30 assists ... led Albany Academy for Girls to the 2005 state quarterfinals, plus regional and sectional crowns ... four-time all-league selection ... team offensive MVP twice ... lettered in lacrosse, basketball and soccer ... captained basketball squad as a junior and senior ... Personal: Major is history with a minor in education ... parents are Anthony and Megan Ortolano ... her sister, Becky, earned All-Patriot League honors at Colgate and led the Raiders to the 2004 league championship as the tournament MVP ... her brother, Trevor, is a UAlbany graduate student and was a midfielder on the men’s lacrosse team in 2008 ... also has another sister, Cater ... member of last year’s New York Giants training camp staff ... UAlbany Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... her father has been the head athletic trainer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) since 1985.