Jed Ortmeyer

Class:
Freshman
Position:
RW
Height:
6-1
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Omaha, Neb.
S/C:
R

Senior (2002-03)... Serving second season as team captain ... Jacob and Anne Haas Scholarship fo Ice Hockey ... Recipient of the Hal Downes Trophy, awarded to the team's most valuable player, for the second straight season. He is one of eight players in U-M history to earn the honor twice and the seventh to receive it in back-to-back seasons ... Named to the NCAA Midwest Regional All-Tournament team ... Awarded the Bill Beagan Trophy, bestowed upon the Most Valuable Player of the CCHA Super Six ... Named to the CCHA Super Six All-Tournament team ... Named the CCHA's Best Defensive Forward, becoming the first Michigan player since John Madden in 1997 to earn the honor. Overall, he is the third Wolverine in school history to receive the award ... Ranked third on the team in points (18-16-34) ... Listed 94th nationally with a 0.94 points per game average ... Ranked second on the team with a career-high 18 markers, marking the third straight year he has scored 10 or more goals ... Tied for 48th in the country with 0.50 goals per game ... Scored a career-high 18 goals, surpassing his previous high of 16, set in 2001-02 ... Tied for third on the team with four multi-assist efforts and was one game shy of tying his career high for most multi-assist games in a season (5), set in 2001-02 ... Tied for fifth on the team with seven multi-point games ... Recorded a multi-point game in seven of the 19 contests in which he has tallied a point, including three games with three or more points ... Notched a pair of goals against Ferris State (March 22) in the CCHA Super Six championship game, marking the second straight year he has lit the lamp twice in the CCHA final ... Scored a goal in back-to-back games against Bowling Green (March 14-15), marking the first time he has lit the lamp in consecutive games since scoring against Denver (March 23, 2002) and Minnesota (April 4, 2002) in last year's NCAA Tournament ... Tallied a career-high four points on two occasions: netting two goals and two assists against Michigan Tech (Dec. 28) in the semifinals of the Great Lakes Invitational and scoring a career-high four goals against Western Michigan (Jan. 10) ... Notched his 100th career point against Western Michigan (Jan. 10) as part of a career-high four-point game ... Scored a career-high four goals against Western Michigan (Jan. 10), marking the first Wolverine to light the lamp four times in one game since Jason Botterill scored four times against Alaska Fairbanks on March 8, 1997, a span of 241 games ... Recorded his first career hat trick against Western Michigan (Jan. 10), becoming the first U-M player to notch a hat trick since Mike Cammalleri scored three times against Ohio State on March 9, 2002, in the semifinals of the CCHA Super Six ... Named to the 2002 Great Lakes Invitational All-Tournament team ... Recorded a three-game assist streak with a helper in each of the first three games of the season (Oct. 11-18). Equaled the feat with a helper in each contest from Feb. 15-22, totaling 0-4-4 ... Recorded back to back multi-point games vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Oct. 25-26), including his sixth career two-goal game on Oct. 26 ... Missed seven games (Nov. 9-Dec. 1) due to an MCL injury.

Junior (2001-02)... Team captain ... Mickey and Wally Grant Scholarship for Ice Hockey ... One of three players, joining Mike Cammalleri and Josh Blackburn, to receive the Hal Downes Trophy, awarded to the team's most valuable player ... Named to the NCAA West Regional all-tournament team ... Named to the CCHA Super Six all-tournament team. ... Skated in 42 of Michigan's 44 games, missing two due to injury ... Led team with 142 shots on goal ... Ranked third on the team in scoring with 16-23–39 ... Established career highs for goals, assists and points in a season, nearly doubling his output from last year (10-11-21) ... Netted a goal in three of his last four games, including his only scoring streak of the season with a marker in each contest against Denver (March 23) and Minnesota (April 4) in the NCAA Tournament ... Scored a career-high four game-winning goals, including the deciding markers in the CCHA Super Six Championship game against Michigan State (March 17) and against Denver (March 23) in the NCAA West Regional to send the Wolverines to the Frozen Four ... Posted a career-high +23 rating, surpassing the +15 he recorded in his first two years combined ... Recorded three multi-goal games, half of his career total, with 2-0-2 efforts vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 11), Nebraska-Omaha (Feb. 9) and Michigan State (March 17) in the CCHA Super Six Championship game ... Recorded 12 multi-point games this season, including back-to-back efforts against Ferris State (Nov. 20-Dec. 1), notching two assists in each game ... Matched a career-high with three points at Miami (0-3–3 on Dec. 8) and against Denver (1-2–3 on March 23) in the NCAA West Regional ... Registered two or more assists in five games, including a career-high three assists at Miami (Dec. 8) ... Posted a season-high four-game point streak, including a season-best three-game assist string, with 2-3–5 from Nov. 2-17 ... Notched first points of the season while making his collegiate debut in his hometown of Omaha, Neb., posting 1-1–2 in a 6-3 win over No. 6 Providence in the semifinals of the Maverick Stampede (Oct. 12). Compiled 2-3–5, including two multi-point efforts, in four games in front of his hometown crowd.

Sophomore (2000-01)... Harry and Ruth MacDuff Scholarship for Ice Hockey ... Underwent surgery on Feb. 15 after suffering a season-ending knee injury (torn ACL) on Jan. 23 against Notre Dame ... Recorded a career-high 10 goals ... Tied a career-high with two assists in 5-1 victory over Western Michigan (Jan. 19) ... Posted a five-game scoring streak, including four-game assist string, with 2-5-7 from Dec. 8 to Jan. 5 ... Received game disqualification against Ferris State (Nov. 10) ... Registered six multi-point games, including a career-high three points (1-2-3) against Michigan Tech in the Great Lakes Invitational (Dec. 29), where he was a factor in all three U-M goals ... Recorded two multi-goal outings, scoring a pair of markers at Alaska Anchorage (Oct. 14) and vs. Alaska Fairbanks (Nov. 17).

Freshman (1999-2000)... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Joined Mark Mink as one of two players to play every game ... Scored first career short-handed goal against Western Michigan (Feb. 12) ... Was +3 at Ohio State (Nov. 3) and against Miami (Jan. 14) ... Netted first career goal against UMass-Lowell (Oct 15).

Club/Junior Team... Named second-team All-Star in the United States Hockey League (1998-99) ... USHL All-Star team (1997-98) and USHL All-Rookie team (1997-98) ... One of the first Omaha natives to play for the Omaha Lancers.

Personal... Enrolled in Division of Kinesiology, majoring in sports management and communication ... Graduated from Omaha Central High School (1997) ... Brother, Jeff, played football for University of Nebraska-Kearney (NCAA II) ... Brother, Jake, was a defenseman on the Miami (Ohio) ice hockey team from 1998-2002 ... Sister, Jenny, played Division II volleyball at University of Nebraska-Kearney.