University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades:

• Tabbed to 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America^® Division I Men's and At-Large Third Team, becoming the first-ever UMBC men's lacrosse student-athlete to earn the nation's most-recognized academic honor
• Selected to 2018 America East First Team and All-Academic Team
• Named to the 2018 America East Winter-Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Earned UMBC President’s List honors in first five semesters
• Tabbed to the 2017 America East Winter/Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2021

• Named a team captain for the second consecutive year
• Made a pair of starts and finished his tenure with 28 starts in 29 games played
• Had not played since April 27, 2018 when he drew the starting assignment in the opener versus Mount St. Mary’s
• Collected a pair of ground balls versus the Mountaineers
• Suffered a season-ending injury midway through the 4OT game versus Stony Brook

2020: 

• Named a team captain alongside Jason Brewster and Ryan Frawley
• Did not compete for the second consecutive season after suffering an injury during spring practice
• Earned the team’s GRIT award for the core value of “Teamwork.”  

2019:

• Suffered a foot injury in the preseason, underwent surgery and did not compete during the championship season.  

2018:

• Started all 13 contests
• Finished second on the team with 14 caused turnovers
• Caused a career-high three miscues at Mount St. Mary’s on Feb. 23
• Amassed a career-high six ground balls and caused two turnovers versus UMass Lowell
• Also caused a pair of turnovers in games versus Michigan and Binghamton. 

2017:

• First-year player started all 14 games at close defense
• Recorded 11 ground balls, four caused turnovers and only committed a pair of miscues and three penalties
• Corralled a pair of ground balls in his collegiate debut at UN
• Played a dominant game versus UMass Lowell, garnering a season-high four ground balls and causing a miscue.

Background:  Led the Liberty Lions to the state championship his senior year… A two-time First Team All-County selection by The Carroll County Times… A member of the 2015 Under Armour Underclassmen All-American (Baltimore) team… Lists his best performance when his team won the 2015 state semi-final game against Southern AA in overtime and he contributed three takeaways and a pair of goals… Played varsity football and was a 2016 All-State (honorable mention) defensive lineman… Earned a 4.5 weighted grade-point average in high school… A member of the National Honor Society… Graduated fifth in his class…Has a younger brother, Jake… Lists favorite food as pizza and his favorite pro team as the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens … Son of Christine and David Griffin.