College Corner: Park View Grad Brittany Griffin Named Softball Player of the Week for the RIT Tigers

College Corner with editor Noelle Dormio

Courtesy of RIT

(April 20, 2012) - Park View High School grad Brittany Griffin, third baseman/outfielder on the RIT softball team, was named the Liberty League Softball Player of the Week on Monday and the ECAC Upstate Player of the Week on Tuesday, for the week ending April 15, 2012. It is Griffin’s first weekly honors.


Griffin hit .484 (15-for-31) with three home runs, 11 RBI's, and two doubles in eight games, slugging .839 during the week. After opening the week with a pair of two-hit games against Brockport on Wednesday, Griffin hit home runs in back-to-back games against Nazareth on Thursday, driving in five runs. The following day, she was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and three runs scored in a loss to Skidmore. Griffin hit a two-run double in game two against St. Lawrence on Saturday. Griffin currently leads the team with a .389 batting average to go along with five home runs and 19 RBI's in 23 games.

RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) is back in action on Wednesday, as the Tigers host Alfred in a non-league doubleheader, starting at 3 p.m.