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As a Senior in 2016: Made 11 appearances on the mound for the Ravens, including four starts...Spring Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll selection...Posted a 3.24 ERA, a 1.170 WHIP and a .225 opponent batting average (29-for-129) over 33.1 innings...Allowed 14 runs (12 earned) on 29 hits, walked 10, threw two wild pitches, hit three batters and struck out 22...Posted a 4-0 record with one save...Started, fired 7.2 innings of one-run ball, allowed five hits, threw a wild pitch, walked one and struck out three to pick up the win against Wilmington (Del.) on 2/28...Threw a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to finish off the second game of a doubleheader at Dowling on 3/6...Started, fired 114 pitches (68 strikes) over eight innings, allowed three runs on six hits, walked two, hit a batter and struck out four to win at Mount Olive on 3/14...Took over to start the fifth, threw 3.1 innings, allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, hit a batter and struck out two to notch the win out of the bullpen against Dominican (N.Y.) on 3/19...Threw a scoreless ninth and struck out one to finish off the second game of a doubleheader at Assumption on 4/23...Tossed the final three innings without allowing a run, allowed one hit, walked two, threw a wild pitch and struck out four to pick up his first collegiate save against Merrimack on 4/29...Came on to start the sixth, fired three scoreless innings, allowed one hit, walked one and struck out two to pick up the win out of the bullpen in the second game of a doubleheader against Merrimack on 4/30.
2016 Statistics 

As a Junior in 2015: Made nine relief appearances on the mound for the Ravens...Fall/Spring Northeast-10 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Logged 6.1 innings, allowed four runs on three hits, walked seven and struck out 16...Posted a 5.68 ERA, a 1.579 WHIP and a .130 opponent batting average...Came on to start the ninth and struck out the side around a one-out walk to finish things off against American International on 4/1...Took over to start the seventh and struck out the side in order against Saint Michael's on 4/6...Came on to start the ninth, retired the side, including a pair of strikeouts, while working around a leadoff walk to finish off the first game of a doubleheader against Saint Rose on 4/11...Took over to start the ninth and struck out the side in order to finish off Bentley in the second game of a doubleheader on 5/2.
2015 Statistics 

As a Sophomore in 2014: Made four relief appearances on the mound for the Ravens...Logged 2.1 innings, allowed five runs on four hits, walked six and struck out five...Posted a 19.29 ERA, a 4.286 WHIP and a .364 batting average against (4-for-11)...Came on in the seventh, threw two-thirds of an inning, allowed one hit and struck out two in the first game of a doubleheader at Adelphi on 3/22.
2014 Statistics 

As a Freshman in 2013: Made four relief appearances on the mound for the Ravens...Fall Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Logged 4.2 innings and posted an 11.57 ERA...Allowed six runs on three hits, walked four, hit two batters, threw a wild pitch and struck out five...Recorded a .158 opponent batting average on his way to an 0-1 record...Made his collegiate debut, took over with one out and the bases empty in the seventh, walked one batter, got the next to ground out and had another reach via error before being relieved, was ultimately charged with no runs against Adelphi on 3/16...Pitched a scoreless, hitless eighth inning, walked one, struck out two and threw a wild pitch in the second game of a doubleheader against Saint Michael's on 5/2.
2013 Statistics 

Before Franklin Pierce: All-Conference selection as a senior at Plainfield High School (Conn.)...Played at the club level for Groton Wildcats (2011) and Moosup Senior Legion (2012)...2011 Rawlings Futures Team selection...Also played basketball and football at Plainfield.

Personal: Son of Judy and Kyle Griffin...A health sciences major...Has a younger brother, Garet, and a younger sister, Reese...Garet is also a member of the baseball team at Franklin Pierce (bio).