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FRESHMAN (2007): Made a team-leading 34 appearances while serving as USD's closer...helped team win the WCC regular-season Championship...helped Toreros achieve a program-best No. 4 national ranking... named first-team All-WCC ...named freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball, and rival.com...posted a record of 6-2 with an ERA of 2.70 and recorded 11 saves, to place him second at USD in single-season saves...had his longest outing in a win against San Diego State allowing one run on one hit while striking out a career-high seven in 6.0 innings of work (3/11/07)...allowed two runs on five hits, while striking out five in a win against USC (2/10/07)...allowed no runs on one hit while striking out five in a win against Virginia Commonwealth (2/18/07).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four varsity letters in baseball while playing at nearby Grossmont High School and for coach Rob Phillips...as a sophomore he posted a 5-2 record with an ERA of 2.40...as a junior posted an 8-3 record with a 1.99 ERA, posted 85 strikeouts in 67 innings of work en route to being selected as the San Diego Division II Pitcher of the Year...as a senior posted a 11-3 record with a 1.49 ERA, while also picking up 110 strikeouts in 91 innings of work en route to being named the San Diego Section Player of the Year for Division II.
PERSONAL: Arthur Joseph Griffin was born on Jan. 28, 1988...is the son of Tim and Kathy Griffin...was also recruited by Long Beach State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Arizona State and Arizona...chose to attend USD because of the campus, academics and because of the excellent baseball program...plans to major in business...is fluent in Spanish and enjoys playing the guitar in his spare time.
