KAITLYN GRIFFIN
2016
- Preseason All-MAAC
- Recorded her 1,000th career kill. Leaves Rider fifth all-time with 1,110 kills.
- Appeared in all 31 matches and saw action in 108 sets.
- Registered 224 kills and was third on the team with a .250 attack percentage.
- Led the team with 80 total blocks, including 72 block assists.
- Was second on the team with 40 service aces.
AT RIDER
as a junior, earned All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Second Team honors for the second year in a row…appeared in all 130 sets (33 matches)…led the squad with 418 points and 36 service aces…led the MAAC with 129 blocks including 19 solo…second on the team with 308 kills…member of the 2015 Preseason All-MAAC team...career point 1,000 at Quinnipiac on October 3 in Rider's 3-0 MAAC victory...season-high 15 kills in a four-set MAAC win over Canisius on October 18 and also had seven blocks in that match…11 blocks at Manhattan in a five-set MAAC win on October 10…five service aces in a MAAC win at Fairfield on October 4…Second Team All-MAAC as a sophomore…led the team with 127 blocks including 19 solo blocks, service aces with 37 and points with 439…second on the team averaging 2.59 kills per set…fourth in the MAAC in total bocks, fifth in points per set (3.46) and seventh in the MAAC in service aces…her service ace total was 89th nationally and her block total ranked 127th in the nation…13 kills, 12 digs and four blocks in Rider's win over Fairleigh Dickinson on September 10…career-high 21 kills in a four-set win over Binghamton on September 20…MAAC Rookie of the Year and was named to the MAAC All-Rookie team in 2013…as a freshman, appeared in all 29 matches and 99 of 105 sets…led the team in kills per set (2.52) and blocks per set (0.98) and also led the squad in service aces with 29…third in the MAAC in hitting percentage (.312), fifth in blocks, sixth in points per set (3.38) and eighth in service aces…five-time MAAC Rookie of the Week honoree…All-Tournament honors at the Kathy Trosclair Memorial Tournament, hosted by Tulane University as Rider won two of three matches…season-high 20 kills and she added six blocks at Bucknell on September 14…12 kills, 11 digs and three blocks against MAAC rival Manhattan on November 6…13 kills and three aces in Rider's five-set MAAC win at Manhattan on October 20.
BEFORE RIDER
Four-year letterwinner for volleyball…two-time team captain…First Team All-Region as a senior and First Team All-Southeastern District as a junior and senior, twice earning Southeastern Player of the Year and Chesapeake Sports Club Girls Volleyball Player of the Year honors…team Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior…team won the Southeastern District championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and the Southeastern District regular season title in 2011 and 2012…hobbies include reading and volunteering at the hospital and local elementary schools in the Chesapeake, Virginia area…served the final point as her club team won the 2011 AAU championship.
PERSONAL
Behavioral Neuroscience major with a Sociology minor…daughter of Wesley and Nancy Griffin.
