Sophomore (2021)
Played in four games and used his redshirt season … drilled his first career field goal from 23 yards in the 54-0 shutout of Lamar (Sept. 11) … kicked off 12 times with five touchbacks … Conference USA Academic Medal recipient and C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Freshman (2020)
Emerged as UTSA's kickoff specialist in the last half of his true freshman season … kicked off 20 times and saw nine go for a touchback … made his debut in an onside kick attempt at No. 15 BYU (Oct. 10) … kicked off three times with one touchback in the 52-21 rout of UTEP (Nov. 14) … saw three of his four kickoffs go for a touchback in the 23-20 road win over Southern Miss (Nov. 21) … had three touchbacks on eight kickoffs in the 49-17 triumph over North Texas (Nov. 28) … kicked off five times with a pair of touchbacks versus No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dec. 26) … C-USA Academic Medal recipient and C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior to UTSA
Special teams weapon for head coach Todd Thompson at Langham Creek High School … District 14-6A Special Teams Player of the Year and unanimous first-team all-district selection at both place-kicker and punter as a senior … had 43 touchbacks on 61 career kickoffs … made 25 of 26 career extra points and booted a career-long 43-yard field goal … averaged 43 yards per punt with a long of 79 … first-team THSCA Academic All-State pick in 2019 … one of five finalists for the Touchdown Club of Houston’s 2019 High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year … academic all-district honoree … two-time Kicking World Houston Golden Boot Champion … 2019 Vegas XXXIV Class of 2020 Punt Champion … also played soccer for two seasons … helped the Lobos to a district title and the area round of the playoffs as a sophomore and to the regional quarterfinals as a junior.
Personal
Born Dec. 10, 2001, in Houston … son of Greg and Mary Ornstein … has two brothers, Emerson and Daniel … mechanical engineering major.
Played in four games and used his redshirt season … drilled his first career field goal from 23 yards in the 54-0 shutout of Lamar (Sept. 11) … kicked off 12 times with five touchbacks … Conference USA Academic Medal recipient and C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Freshman (2020)
Emerged as UTSA's kickoff specialist in the last half of his true freshman season … kicked off 20 times and saw nine go for a touchback … made his debut in an onside kick attempt at No. 15 BYU (Oct. 10) … kicked off three times with one touchback in the 52-21 rout of UTEP (Nov. 14) … saw three of his four kickoffs go for a touchback in the 23-20 road win over Southern Miss (Nov. 21) … had three touchbacks on eight kickoffs in the 49-17 triumph over North Texas (Nov. 28) … kicked off five times with a pair of touchbacks versus No. 16 Louisiana in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl (Dec. 26) … C-USA Academic Medal recipient and C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll member.
Prior to UTSA
Special teams weapon for head coach Todd Thompson at Langham Creek High School … District 14-6A Special Teams Player of the Year and unanimous first-team all-district selection at both place-kicker and punter as a senior … had 43 touchbacks on 61 career kickoffs … made 25 of 26 career extra points and booted a career-long 43-yard field goal … averaged 43 yards per punt with a long of 79 … first-team THSCA Academic All-State pick in 2019 … one of five finalists for the Touchdown Club of Houston’s 2019 High School Scholar-Athlete of the Year … academic all-district honoree … two-time Kicking World Houston Golden Boot Champion … 2019 Vegas XXXIV Class of 2020 Punt Champion … also played soccer for two seasons … helped the Lobos to a district title and the area round of the playoffs as a sophomore and to the regional quarterfinals as a junior.
Personal
Born Dec. 10, 2001, in Houston … son of Greg and Mary Ornstein … has two brothers, Emerson and Daniel … mechanical engineering major.