Academic Notes: Majoring in hotel andrestaurant management with a minor in business.
2011-12 (RS Sophomore): Appeared in six gameswith one start...Averaged 3.5 points, 0.8 rebounds, and 0.7 assistsper game...Started NAU's season opener at Colorado, scoring fivepoints against the Buffaloes while shooting 5-of-5 from thefree-throw line...Scored a career-high 13 points on 5-of-6 shootingvs. Adams State...Shot 6-of-11 (.545) from the field, 3-of-5 (.600)from 3-point range, and 6-of-7 (.857) from the free-throwline...Posted career high two rebounds vs. Adams State and UtahValley...Totaled four assists, two steals, and one block...Averaged9.0 minutes per game with career-high 18 minutes at Colorado.
2010-11 (Sophomore): Redshirt due totransfer.
2009-10 (Denver): Played in eightgames...Totaled three points, three rebounds, an assist, a block,and a steal...Made lone basket on a 3-pointer against MontanaState...Shot 1-of-5 from the field for the season...Played 19minutes.
High School: Four Year letter winner andone year team captain at St Mary's High School...Team won StateChampionship in 2006 and were State Runner-ups in 2009...NamedFirst Team All-Region in 2009...Set the St. Mary's record for most3-pointers in a game...Played club basketball for the ArizonaHype...Also played two years varsity volleyball her junior andsenior years, earning the Most Improved Award twice.
Personal: Patricia Danielle Gortarez wasborn March 17, 1991 in Phoenix, Ariz...Daughter of ChristinaGortarez...Has four sisters, Christa, Marissa, Selena and Vanessa,and one brother, Christian...Chose NAU because of the weather,friends, teammates, and proximity to home...Hobbies include eatingand hanging out with her roommates.
