As a Senior (2016)
Named to GLIAC All-Tournament Team...appeared and started 38 games at first base or as the designated hitter....made 13 appearances, including six starts as a pitcher...posted 40 hits, 14 runs scored and 24 runs driven in...went 2-4Â with a 4.82 ERA as a pitcher in 61.2 innings of work...recorded 12 multi-hit games as well as six multi-RBI efforts...hit two doubles and drove in a run against Southern Indiana (Feb. 19)...had a pair of hits, including a home run, drove in a pair of runs and scored a pair of runs against Minnesota-Crookston (Mar. 13)...drove in a season high four runs on two hits against Rockhurst (Mar. 14)...tallied three hits and drove in three runs versus Findlay (Apr. 24)...tallied two hits and drove in three runs against Hillsdale (May 1)...had three hits, two runs scored and drove in three runs versus Walsh (May 15)...pitched a season high eight innings in near shutout versus Slippery Rock (Mar. 12), striking out six...threw six innings against Drury, striking out five (Mar. 20)...hurled seven innings and striking out four against Walsh (Apr. 16).
As a Junior (2015)
Appeared and started in 45 games at first base ... made six appearances, including four starts, as a pitcher ... posted 20 runs, 33 hits, 27 RBIs and a team-high six sacrifice flies ... went 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 27 innings ... tallied nine multi-hit games and six multi-RBI outings ... recorded a 14-game on-base streak, the fourth-longest by a GVSU player in 2015 ... made his Laker debut with a 1-for-3, two-RBI game against Gannon (March 2) ... went 2-for-4 with a season-high three RBIs in a win over Lewis (March 6) ... scored a season-high two runs three times--versus Wayne State (Neb.) (March 9), Alderson Broaddus (March 14) and at Hillsdale (April 25) ... went 2-for-2 in the first game of the first doubleheader at Malone (May 2) ... was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run in the GLIAC Tournament win over Malone (May 7) ... went 3-for-7 in NCAA Midwest Regional losses to Drury (May 14) and Ashland (May 15) ... threw six innings of relief, allowing two runs on five hits in a no decision at Wayne State (April 3) ... tossed a season-high 6 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball, scattering five hits to earn his first win as a Laker ... hurled five innings, yielding just two hits and a run in a win at Lewis (April 28) |
Game-by-Game Stats
At Fort Scott Community College (2013-14)
Played under head coach John Hill III for two seasons at Fort Scott, which has sent upwards of 20 players to Division II programs since 2009 ... earned a All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Honorable Mention plaudit as a first baseman for the Greyhounds (2014) ... named 2014 FSCC Male Student-Athlete of the Year ... helped the Greyhounds make back-to-back playoff appearances (2013-14) and earn an NJCAA Division I Super Regional berth as a freshman (2013) ... played in 97 games, making 94 starts in two seasons at FSCC ... tallied 57 hits in 161 at bats and ranked second on the team in batting average (.354) and doubles (10) in his sophomore season (2014) ... also started nine games and made 11 appearances as a pitcher, posting a 2-2 record, 2.41 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 2014 ... posted fielding percentages of .982 and .994, 55 RBI, 53 runs and 18 walks in his two seasons with the Greyhounds ... two-time Academic All-KJCCC selection and 2014 Distinguished Academic All-American (4.0 grade point avearge for four semesters).
High School
Four-year varsity baseball starter under head coach Jim Underwood at Pleasant Hill High School ... four-time All-Missouri River Valley Conference shortstop (2009-12), two-time All-MRVC First Team pitcher (2011-12) and four-time All-District First Team honoree ... earned an All-State Honorable Mention plaudit as a utility player in 2011 ... departed as the school's all-time career leader in hits (117), RBI (68) and doubles (21) ... ranked second all-time in career ERA (2.56) and pitching appearances (39) ... named team captain as a junior (2011) and senior (2012) ... four-time Academic All-State selection ... Pleasant Hill's Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 and won the Purple Pride Award three times (2010-12) ... also a three-time All-MRVC, All-District and KMZU Radio Dream Team selection (2010-12) on the basketball team ... earned All-MRVC Second Team honors as a quarterback for the football team as a senior (2012) ... won the school's Iron Man Award (playing three sports all four years) and James Vanek Award (Most Outstanding Senior Athlete).
Personal
Son of John and Jody Griffith ... enjoys outdoor activities ... majoring in exercise science.Â
