AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016:
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letter-winner for Elizabethtown Area High School... Also lettered in basketball, track & field, and lacrosse... Started 65 games netting 21 goals and eight assist... Played club field hockey for Sutter's Brigade
PERSONAL: Full name is Nilda Solhely Ortiz-Kreiner... Born on Jun. 21, 1998 in Allentown, Pa. ... Parents are Shawn and Yvonne Kreiner... Has two sisters, ChyChy Alvarado Kreiner and Nizaly Ortiz-Kreiner
ORTIZ-KREINER ON PENN STATE: "I chose Penn State because it offered my major of interest, as well as having a high intensity field hockey program. My father is an alumnus and I have been wanting to go to Penn State since the first time I visited. It has such a friendly atmosphere with a combination of great school spirit. Penn State has a worldwode reputation and a network of alumni. Once meeting the coach and my teammates I knew right away Penn State was the place where I wanted to be."