2010: Brittany Griffiths appeared in all 57 games for the Razorbacks, starting each at shortstop. Griffiths finished the year with a career-high 26 runs and 28 hits, including five multi-hit games. After a 1-for-7 start to the season, Griffiths went 4-for-6 with two RBI and a home run in the final two games of the Metrodome Classic against Minnesota and Iowa State. Griffiths hit over .300 at the NFCA Lead-Off Classic, going 4-for-13 with five runs scored, a home run and one RBI. She drove in the Razorbacks’ lone run against Oklahoma. Griffiths hit her third home run of the year- a solo shot in the Razorbacks first game vs. Tulsa. She paced the team with a .429 average. Going 3-for-7 and bringing in a run against LSU. She continued to hit well as she went 2-for-5 with two runs scored versus the Crimson Tide.
2009: Griffiths capped an outstanding first year with Arkansas by earning a spot on the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team, becoming the third player in program history, along with Jessica Bachkora and Miranda Dixon, who also garnered that recognition. Starting all 56 games at shortstop during her freshman campaign, Griffiths was second on the team with 108 assists, including a season-high six against top-ranked Florida, and helped turn 10 double plays. Primarily called upon for her defensive work early in the season, Griffiths was inserted into the lineup on a full-time basis during the team’s run at the FAU/FIU Strike Out Cancer Tournament. She finished the season with a .256 batting average and tied for the team lead with two triples. Griffiths earned the program’s first-ever SEC Freshman of the Week award after helping the team to a 5-1 series record against Mississippi State and Kentucky, going 7-for-17 at the plate with three RBI and four runs scored. In game one of the annual Border War, Griffiths hit her first career home run, a three-run shot to center field, to cap the Razorbacks’ 8-0 win over Oklahoma State. She added another home run, along with three RBI, in a win against No. 19 LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Griffiths was a four-year letterwinner at Plano Senior High School. As a freshman, she was named newcomer of the year and followed that with second-team all-district honors during her sophomore campaign. As a junior, she was a first-team all-district, all-state, and NFCA all-region performer. Her club team, the Texas Glory Gold, placed 13th at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2007.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 10, 1990, she is the daughter of Matt and Courtney Griffiths. She has one younger sister, Alexa. Griffiths is majoring in kinesiology.
2009: Griffiths capped an outstanding first year with Arkansas by earning a spot on the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman Team, becoming the third player in program history, along with Jessica Bachkora and Miranda Dixon, who also garnered that recognition. Starting all 56 games at shortstop during her freshman campaign, Griffiths was second on the team with 108 assists, including a season-high six against top-ranked Florida, and helped turn 10 double plays. Primarily called upon for her defensive work early in the season, Griffiths was inserted into the lineup on a full-time basis during the team’s run at the FAU/FIU Strike Out Cancer Tournament. She finished the season with a .256 batting average and tied for the team lead with two triples. Griffiths earned the program’s first-ever SEC Freshman of the Week award after helping the team to a 5-1 series record against Mississippi State and Kentucky, going 7-for-17 at the plate with three RBI and four runs scored. In game one of the annual Border War, Griffiths hit her first career home run, a three-run shot to center field, to cap the Razorbacks’ 8-0 win over Oklahoma State. She added another home run, along with three RBI, in a win against No. 19 LSU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Griffiths was a four-year letterwinner at Plano Senior High School. As a freshman, she was named newcomer of the year and followed that with second-team all-district honors during her sophomore campaign. As a junior, she was a first-team all-district, all-state, and NFCA all-region performer. Her club team, the Texas Glory Gold, placed 13th at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2007.
PERSONAL: Born Jan. 10, 1990, she is the daughter of Matt and Courtney Griffiths. She has one younger sister, Alexa. Griffiths is majoring in kinesiology.