Griffin 2nd Team Academic All-American

Record-Setting UTD Shortstop Named To First-Team District 6 Squad

University of Texas at Dallas senior softball player Amber Griffin has been selected as a member of the national College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® second team.

Griffin, who started 154 games at shortstop during her four-year UTD career and graduated with a cumulative grade point average of over 3.8, was selected for the College Division District 6 first-team in voting by members of the national CoSIDA organization. As a first-team district selection, she advanced to a pool of just 12 candidates to be considered at her position for the prestigious national honor squad. Griffin was the only American Southwest Conference student-athlete to be honored nationally.

The District 6 College Division includes student-athlete nominees from dozens of NCAA member universities in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Griffin finished a four-year UTD career setting 18 school single-season and career offensive records, including a .474 single-season batting average in her final season. She was a career .421 hitter, hitting over .400 three of four years. She finished with a career stolen base percentage of over .928, and was caught stealing just twice in the last three years of her career.

Griffin was recently elected First Team All-East Division on the American Southwest Conference All-Conference teams, and was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-West Region team announced last week. During her career, Griffin scored 130 runs and had 46 extra-base hits. She was a three-time Academic All-Conference and recognized as UTD Distinguished Scholar-Athlete.