Blaine Griffiths

Position:
Outfielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lebanon, Ohio
High School:
Lakota West

2017 (As A Senior):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Played in 29 games with 17 starts... hit .231 with four homers and 14 RBI... three of his homers came in his last nine games... homered and drove in three in his last collegiate game, helping XU to an 8-6 win over Villanova (5/19)... had a big game in a 14-3 win over NKU, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and four RBI... connected for his first career in-the-park homer in the first inning against the Norse... went 2-for-3 with his first career triple in XU's 11-1 win over Penn State (5/11)... cracked a solo homer off the bench in a 7-3 win over St. John's (4/27)... hit first homer of the season against Wofford (2/23)...

2017 (As A Junior):
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Named to All-BIG EAST Second Team after hitting .379 (11-for-29) with a homer and eight RBI in league play... hit second homer of season at St. John's (5/14)... tied career-high with three walks at Creighton (4/28)... hit .545 in the Butler series (6-for-11) with three runs scored and four RBI... tied a career-high with three hits in a 13-4 win over Butler (4/21)... set a new career-high with three walks at Wright State (4/11)...

2016 (As A Sophomore):
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Made 29 appearances and 22 starts... suffered a season-ending injury in mid-April... hit first collegiate home run at Mercer (2/28)... showed great plate discipline, working 17 walks in just 83 at-bats... on-base percentage of .373 ranked fourth on the team... had a great series at Illinois State, batting .625 (5-for-8) with four RBI (4/1-3)... had a career-high 3-for-5 day in series finale at Illinois State (4/3)...

2015 (As A Freshman):
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 27 games, starting nine in the outfield... made 47 plate appearances, collecting seven hits and scoring seven times... notched first career RBI in first collegiate at-bat vs. Boston College on Feb. 14...

Prior to Xavier: Played three years of varsity baseball for Lakota West in West Chester, Ohio... had a .400 Batting average in his junior year and hit .350 in his senior season... 2013 First Team All-GMC... Awarded Honorable Mention All-City... During his senior year he helped lead his team to win the GMC Conference Championship... ranked No. 125 in the region by Prep Baseball Report... led West to a 22-5 record in 2014... played club for Cincy Flames and Ohio Elite...

Personal: Son of Laura and Blaine Griffiths... has two siblings, Adam Valko and Braden Griffiths...Majoring in Natural Science, plans to be a Pediatric Cardiologist...