Krystal Ortiz has been named the Frostburg State women’s lacrosse top assistant, as announced by director of athletics Troy A. Dell.
Ortiz comes to Frostburg after serving as the varsity girls’ lacrosse head coach at Methuen High School (Mass.) for four years. During her time at Methuen, Ortiz’s teams reached the Massachusetts State Tournament twice (2013, 2014) and complied a 32-38-1 record overall. She was also named the Merrimack Valley Conference 2 Coach of the Year in 2013.
Prior to her time at Methuen, Ortiz completed an internship at the University of Washington as an administrative assistant to the men’s soccer and men’s golf coaches.
As a four-year student-athlete at Lasell College, Ortiz participated in lacrosse and volleyball and was twice named to the G.N.A.C. All-Academic Team for both sports. As a member of the Laser women’s lacrosse team, she was named the team rookie of the year and received First Team All-NEWLA honors in 2004. In 2008, she was named team captain and won the team’s Unsung Hero Award her senior year. She was also the president of the 2008 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which was named Lasell’s student organization of the year.
She graduated from Lasell College with a bachelor’s of science degree in sport management and holds a master’s degree from Seattle University in sports administration and leadership.
Ortiz is a member of U.S. Lacrosse and currently holds a level two coaching certificate, a Positive Coaching Alliance “Double-Goal Coach” certification and is a Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association certified coach.
