University of South Alabama Athletics

2014
Led team in runs scored (35), doubles (14), hit by pitches (30) and on-base percentage (.434)...Set a new program record in hit by pitches in a season…Fourteen doubles and four sacrifice flies were each second-most in USA single-season history...Tied USA game records in doubles with a pair on two occasions, versus Texas-Arlington (3/22) and Louisiana-Monroe (3/29)...Tied USA game record for hit by pitches with two in five contests...Led SBC in hit by pitches, while also ranking among top 10 in doubles (2nd), on-base percentage (9th) and runs scored (T-9th)…Finished fifth in the NCAA in hit by pitches…Tied for team lead in multiple-RBI games with seven, while finishing fourth in multi-hit games with nine...Perfect on the year in stolen bases with nine...Reached safely in 12 straight games at one point during the season, hitting safely in nine straight... Hit homers in back-to-back games versus McNeese State and Syracuse on 2/8…Recorded career-high 4 RBI versus ULM on 3/29...Scored game-winning run in 11th inning versus UAB on 2/19...Hit a pair of doubles versus UT-Arlington on 3/22 in a 3-for-3 outing (2 runs, 1 RBI) and against ULM on 3/29 in another 3-for-3 performance (4 RBI, 1 run)...Brought USA level with No. 24 USC Upstate, 3-3, to send the contest into extras before the Jags eventually fell in the opening contest at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional...Went 1-for-2 with a run scored in USA’s next matchup versus Upstate, which the Jags won, 5-0...Went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and RBI versus IPFW on 2/21...In USA’s opening contest of the SBC Championship against ULM, had a pair of hits in as many at-bats with two RBI and a run scored, including two hit-by-pitches

2013
First-team all-SBC at-large selection...Batted .289 on the year, producing 41 hits including 11 doubles and 10 home runs for 34 RBI and 38 runs scored...Slugged .577 with a .417 on-base percentage

2012
Made 45 appearances with 27 starts as a true freshman...Notched a .151 batting average...Recorded 11 hits and 11 runs including a double, a triple and a pair of home runs...Tallied seven RBI and 20 total bases...Had a slugging percentage of .274 and an on-base percentage of .276...Posted one multi-hit game and two multi-RBI games...Hit first collegiate home run vs. North Texas on 4/22

High School
Lettered six years in softball, five years in basketball and five years in volleyball for Cherokee County High School in Centre, Ala...Led her softball team to second place in the Alabama State 4A Tournament in 2011...Recorded 27 home runs with a .564 batting average her senior year...Notched 72 home runs in her high school career...Played four years for the Birmingham Bandits in Birmingham, Ala.

Personal
Full name is Kaitlyn Storm Griffith...Born Sept. 16, 1992...Daughter of Tim and Deb Griffith...Has one younger brother, Wade...Favorite movie is “Charlie St. Cloud”...Favorite book is “The Host”...Favorite athletes are Derek Jeter, Julio Jones and Cole Hamels...Favorite food is Mexican