Academy of Art University Athletics

2016-17: 2016-17 PacWest Third Team ... 2016-17 D2 ADA Academic Award ... 2016-17 Academic All-PacWest ... PacWest Defender of the Week (Dec. 5) ... played in all 28 games, starting 27 ... averaged 15.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game ... posted 13 double-doubles ... scored a career-high 32 points versus Fresno Pacific on Jan. 25 ... grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds versus Notre Dame de Namur on Feb. 6 ... registered a career-high seven steals versus Dixie State on Jan. 5 ... passed out a career-high four assists on two occasions.

Spain: Orts was a contributing member of Spain's 2016 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, their second in the past two years ... led her team to a Spanish Junior Championship as well as the Catalan Junior and Senior Championship ... named MVP twice (2012 and 2014) ... over her career, her teams have garnered several top-four finishes, including second place in the 2012 Spanish Championship ... competed in a 3x3 basketball tournament for Spain in the Youth Olympic Games in China where her team took third (summer before her freshman year at Fairfield).

Fairfield University: MAAC All-Academic Team as a sophomore ... played in 27 of 31 games in 2015-16 ... started the first 12 games during her freshman season and averaged 6.5 points during that opening stretch … grabbed 38 rebounds during her first six games, the most by a Fairfield rookie since 2007.

Personal: Helena Orts was born August 16, 1996 in Barcelona, Spain ... parents are Angels Martinez and Lluis Miguel Orts Muñoz ... has one sibling, Cristina ... favorite movie is Les Miserables ... favorite food is bread ... favorite music is old rock, reggae ... life heroes are her grandparents ... favorite professional team is FC Barcelona ... Acting major.