Christian Griffiths Class: RS Junior Hometown: Apple Valley, CA High School: Granite Hills HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: C/OF Bats/Throws: B/R

Highs: 2 hits (v. UCSB, 3/6/10), 2 RBIs (2/20/10 v. Rice)

Summer Ball: Hit .284 over 29 games with 15 runs and eight RBIs with six doubles and a homer as Mystic's catcher in the 2011 New England Collegiate Baseball League.... appeared in 40 games in the Northwoods Summer League in 2009, playing for Waterloo, batting .210 with 12 RBIs ... played for New Bedford in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer of 2010, batting .275 over 28 games with 15 runs and seven doubles.

As a Junior in 2011: Missed the season with a shoulder injury.

As a Sophomore in 2010: Played in 19 games, mostly as the designated hitter, batting .227 with nine runs and five RBUs ... also had one start at catcher ... hit .360 to start the year over his first nine games ... only homer came against Rice, a two-run shot.

As a Freshman in 2009: Played in 15 games as a freshman, including a pair of midweek starts at designated hitter ... also saw action at catcher (one game) and first base (two) ... went 5-for-21 (.238), with a double, RBIs and two walks ... was effective as a pinch hitter, going 4-for-12 (.333) ... made his collegiate debut in the first game of a February 21 doubleheader versus Vanderbilt, and drew a pinch-walk in his first plate appearance ... singled February 25 versus Saint Mary's for his first career hit, finishing the game 1-for-4 in his initial start (at DH) ... collected his first career extra-base hit and RBIs on one swing of the bat March 30 at Pacific, coming off the bench for a pinch-hit, run-scoring double.

High School: Graduated in 2008 from Granite Hills High School in Apple Valley, Calif., where he was a four-year letterwinner ... was a three-time first-team All-Desert Sky League selection (2006-08) ... also earned all-area accolades each of his final three campaigns (2006-08) ... earned Desert Sky League MVP honors as a senior in 2008, while he was also selected area MVP and was named to the All-San Bernardino County first team ... was named the Granite Hills rookie of the year as a freshman in 2005, while he was tabbed team MVP following his junior season ... was voted team captain for the 2007 and 2008 campaigns ... established all-time school records for batting average (.458), hits (116), doubles (29), home runs (21) and RBIs (80), while setting single-season marks for hits (42), runs scored (42), home runs (10) and slugging percentage.

Personal Information: Son of Brad and Cathy Griffiths ... has one brother, Buddy, and one sister, Cameo ... majoring in psychology.