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18   Christi Griffiths
Christi Griffiths

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Lancaster, Pa.

High School:
Hempfield

Height:
6-1

Position:
MH

Birthdate:
01/15/1989


2010: Team captain for the third straight year... Academic All-Atlantic 10 selection... team MVP... Recipient of the Harter Award... Named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week once and Defensive Player of the Week twice... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commssioner's Honor Roll.

2009: One of only two players to start all 33 matches... Became the seventh player in team history to reach 1,000 career kills, and only the second to reach 300 career total blocks... Shifted from middle to outside hitter halfway through the season... Posted a .203 hitting percentage with 290 kills (2.23/set), 23 service aces, 151 digs (1.16/set), and 84 blocks (0.65/set)... Recorded two double-doubles and 15 matches of at least ten kills... Named to the Western New York All-Tournament team, after posting 38 kills and a .370 hitting percentage in three matches... Had a season-high 16 kills to go with four blocks against Buffalo (8/29)... Registered 12 kills and a career-high four assists at St. John's (9/5)... Had 10 kills and seven blocks against Central Connecticut State (9/12)... Posted 10 kills, six digs, and six blocks at Fairfield (9/15)... Named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week on October 12th, following matches against Dayton and Xavier... Had 15 kills, eight digs, and a season-high eight blocks versus Dayton (10/9), while recording 12 kills, 17 digs and five blocks against Xavier (10/11)... Posted a double-double against Rhode Island with 10 kills, 11 digs, and three blocks (10/24)... Tied a career-high with three service aces against Villanova to go with 10 kills and eight digs (10/25)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008: Earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 for the second straight year... Led the team with 351 kills (2.74/s) and 102 blocks (0.80/s)... Was second on the team with 26 aces (0.20/s), while adding 69 digs and 19 assists... Ranked eighth in the Atlantic 10 in points per game (3.45/s)... Finished with double-digit kills 12 times, including three matches of 20 kills or more... Named to the Rose Hill Classic All-Tournament team, after posting 16 kills in back-to-back matches against Manhattan and Stony Brook (9/13)... Recorded 20 kills and hit .447 against Saint Louis (10/11)... Had 14 kills and seven blocks at Xavier (10/17)... Notched a season-high 22 kills at George Washington (10/24)... Registered 16 kills and a season-best .565 hitting percentage to go with three blocks against La Salle (10/31)... Tied a season-high with 22 kills in a home match against George Washington (11/9)... Had 16 kills and six blocks at Rhode Island... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2007: Second Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Rookie Team selection... Three-time Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week... Led the Rams with a .324 hitting percentage, 450 kills, 3.49 kills/set average, 134 total blocks and a 1.04 blocks per game... Ranked fifth in the Atlantic 10 in hitting percentage, eighth in points, and ninth in kills/set and blocks/set... Her single-season totals for kills, kills per game, hitting percentage, and blocks per game were all the fourth best totals in school history... Posted one double-double on the season... Opened her career with 10 kills and seven blocks against Central Florida (8/24)... Had two straight games of 16 kills and nine blocks in matches against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Canisius (9/1)... Named to the Big Orange All-Tournament team after posting 18 kills against Princeton (9/8)... Posted her lone double-double against George Washington with 19 kills and 10 blocks (9/21)... Had her first 20-kill performance with 22 kills at Duquesne (10/5)... Set a career-high with 23 kills against Rhode Island (10/27)... Notched 14 kills and five blocks at George Washington (11/4)... Had 15 kills and three aces against Temple in the Atlantic 10 tournament (11/16)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity volleyball player at Hempfield High School... Won Gatorade Player of the Year honors for the state of Pennsylvania, capping off a stellar high school career... Garnered All-State honors three times, while helping Hempfield to the PIAA State Championship, as she was named tournament MVP... Named to the Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star team, as well as to the All-District team four times, earning First Team honors twice for both distinctions.. Has also been a member of the varsity track & field team, where she was a league champion in the triple jump event in 2005... Member of the National Honor Society.

Major: Majoring in Accounting.

Personal: Comes from an athletic background, as her father, Steve, played Division I football at Penn State.

CAREER HIGHS (FINAL)
Kills: 23, vs. Rhode Island, 10/27/07
Assists: 4, at St. John's, 9/5/09
Digs: 17, vs. Xavier, 10/10/09
Service Aces: 3, 8x, last vs. Fairfield, 10/20/10
Blocks: 10, vs. George Washington, 9/21/07

CAREER TOTALS (FINAL)
Matches Played: 137 (Career leader)
Kills: 1,381 (Ranks 2nd all-time)
Hitting Percentage: .277 (Ranks 4th all-time)
Assists: 77
Digs: 389
Service Aces: 99
Blocks: 419 (Career leader)