CAREER HONORS
• 2022 First Team All-Big Ten
• 2022 Third Team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American
• 2022 Tewaaraton Watch List
• First Three-time Captain in Program History (2020-22)
• 2020-21 Big Ten Medal of Honor Recipient
• 2021 IWLCA Third Team All-American
• 2020-21 University of Maryland Student-Athlete of the Year
• 2021 IWLCA First Team All-Region
• 2021 Tewaaraton Nominee
• 2021 First Team All-Big Ten
• 2021 & 2022 All-Big Ten Tournament Team
• 2021 Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
• 2020 Tewaaraton Watch List
• 2020 Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-American
• 2018 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• 2018 All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Midfielder of the Week (3/23/21)
• 2x Big Ten Freshman of the Week (4/24/18, 3/27/18)
• 2x Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020 & 2021)
• 2019, 2020 & 2021 Academic All-Big Ten
GRIFFIN IN THE NEWS
• For pair of fifth-year Terps, whirlwind careers will end at Final Four (Washington Post, May 26, 2022)
• Three-Time Captain Grace Griffin Leading Maryland Back to Final Four (USA Lacrosse Magazine, May 24, 2022)
• Forever Grateful (UMTerps.com, April 8, 2022)
• Maryland lacrosse’s Grace Griffin is building on her standout freshman year (Diamondback, March 6, 2019)
• Grace Griffin is this year’s star freshman for Maryland lacrosse (Diamondback, April 24, 2018)
• Griffin fitting right in at Maryland (Baltimore Sun, April 2, 2018)
• Grace Griffin Provides Spark In College Park as Terps' Lone Starting Freshman (US Lacrosse Magazine, March 29, 2018)
As a Graduate Student (2022): Started in all 21 games as the first three-time captain in program history ... Totaled 37 points, 28 goals, nine assists, 25 groundballs and stood second with 18 caused turnovers ... Scored two goals and caused two turnovers in NCAA Second Round vs. Duke (5/15) ... Named to All-Big Ten Tournament Team after helping lead a staunch Maryland defense and scoring three goals in Semifinals vs. Johns Hopkins (5/6) ... Tallied four points (two goals, two assists) and two caused turnovers to help lead Maryland to Big Ten Regular Season Championship vs. Northwestern (4/23) ... Had four points (two goals, two assists) in win at Ohio State (4/17) ... Recorded three groundballs, scored a goal and caused a turnover vs. Penn State (4/7) ... Tallied two groundballs, two caused turnovers and a goal at Johns Hopkins (4/2) ... Caused two turnovers and picked up a groundball in win over Penn (3/23) ... Scored two goals on only three shots, secured two groundballs and won two draw controls vs. Rutgers (3/20) ... Scored a season-best four goals in win over Villanova (3/13) ... Tallied three points (two goals, one assist) and caused a turnover vs. Florida (2/26) ... Assisted on a season-best three goals and caused a turnover at Virginia (2/18).
As a Senior (2021): Started in all 17 games ... Stood second on team with 48 points, second on team with 19 assists, second on team with 19 caused turnovers, third on team with 30 groundballs and fourth on team with 29 goals ... Also totaled 12 draw controls ... Caused two turnovers, scored a goal and picked up a groundball vs. Duke (5/16) ... Tallied five points (three goals, two assists), picked up two groundballs and caused a turnover in win vs. High Point (5/14) ... All-Big Ten Tournament Team ... Recorded one goal, one assist and three groundballs in Big Ten Championship vs. Northwestern (5/2) ... Posted four points (three goals, one assist), three groundballs and a caused turnover in Big Ten Semifinals (4/30) ... Tallied three points (two goals, one assist), one groundball, one draw control and one caused turnover at #24 Rutgers (4/18) ... Scored the game-winning goal to lift Maryland over #20 Johns Hopkins (4/14), netting a top shelf shot with 39 seconds left; Part of two goal, one assist, three groundball performance ... Picked up four groundballs and caused two turnovers vs. #23 Rutgers (4/8) ... Totaled three points in both games at #3 Northwestern (3/27 & 3/29), scoring three goals and tallying three assists, to go with three caused turnovers ... Big Ten Midfielder of the Week (3/23) ... Notched three points (one goal, two assists) and two groundballs vs. Ohio State (3/20) ... Had career day vs. Ohio State (3/18), totaling a career-best eight points on four goals and a career-high four assists to go with two groundballs, two draw controls and a caused turnover ... Had phenomenal game to lead Maryland to win over Michigan (2/28), scoring four goals, picking up five groundballs, winning six draw controls and causing two turnovers ... Totaled four points (two goals, two assists) and tallied two draw controls in win over Michigan (2/26) ... Helped lead dominant 23-6 Maryland effort in the draw by winning six while also causing two turnovers and scoring a goal at Penn State (2/21).
As a Junior (2020): Started in all six games in the midfield, focusing primarily on the defensive end ... Second on the team with 17 groundballs and third with eight caused turnovers ... Also tallied five points, two goals and three assists ... Posted a career-high six groundballs, the most by any Maryland player during the season, vs. Hofstra (3/7) to go with two caused turnovers and one assist ... Tallied three points (2G, 1A), a career-high three caused turnovers and a groundball vs. Syracuse (2/29) ... Picked up three groundballs at North Carolina (2/22) ... Began season with two caused turnovers and two groundballs at George Mason (2/8).
As a Sophomore (2019): Started in 22 of 23 games in the midfield ... Fifth on team with 45 goals and tallied 57 points, 27 groundballs and 14 caused turnovers ... Recorded hat trick in National Championship vs. Boston College (5/26) ... Scored four goals in National Semifinal vs. Northwestern (5/24) ... Had season-high three assists in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. Denver (5/18) ... Tallied four points (three goals, one assist) vs. Stony Brook (5/12) ... Notched three goals and an assist in Big Ten Semifinal vs. Penn State (5/3) ... Posted hat trick at Georgetown (4/17) ... Had two groundballs in three straight games (Virginia, 4/3; Michigan, 4/6; Northwestern, 4/11) ... Tied career-best with two caused turnovers at Virginia (4/3) ... Posted hat trick and three groundballs at James Madison (3/24) ... Scored four goals and assisted on another at Penn State (3/21) ... Caused two turnovers vs. Ohio State (3/16) ... Set career-highs in goals (five) and points (six) at Hofstra (3/2) ... Tallied three points, three groundballs and a caused turnover at Florida (2/14) ... Began season with three point outing (one goal, two assists) vs. George Mason (2/9).
As a Freshman (2018): Stepped into starting role, earning the start in 18 out of 22 games in the midfield ... totaled 30 goals and seven assists ... ranked third on the team with 30 groundballs ... scored four goals in the Big Ten Semifinals against Johns Hopkins (5/4) ... picked up three groundballs while scoring a goal in Big Ten Regular Season Championship against Northwestern (4/26) ... notched a career-best five points off a career-best three assists and two goals against Penn State (4/19) ... had five points on a hat-trick and two assists vs. Georgetown (3/28) ... led the team with four goals and one assist in win over James Madison (3/24) ... picked up three groundballs and had two caused turnovers at Syracuse (3/11) ... recorded career-high four groundballs while scoring two goals at North Carolina (2/24) ... earned first career start, notching three groundballs at Florida (2/17) ... made Terp debut, scoring one goal, picking up two groundballs and a draw control while forcing two caused turnovers vs. William & Mary (2/11).
Before Maryland: Ranked No. 16 recruit in her class by Inside Lacrosse ... 2017 Under Armour All-American ... four-time all-county selection in lacrosse ... scored 208 career goals at Liberty ... named an Underclassman All-American in 2014, '15 and '16 ... also named all-county in basketball in 2016 and '17 ... led team to regional championship in 2017 with 81 goals and 33 assists ... four-year letterwinner.
Personal: Daughter of John and Kelly Griffin ... has four siblings: Claire, Maggie, Jack and Mary ... majoring in kinesiology.
GRIFFIN CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5 at Hofstra (3/2/19)
Assists: 4 vs. Ohio State (3/18/21)
Points: 8 vs. Ohio State (3/18/21)
Groundballs: 6 vs. Hofstra (3/7/20)
Caused turnovers: 3 vs. Syracuse (2/29/20)
