2016 Beach Volleyball Roster

13 Catherine Griffith

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool St. David's School
  • Hometown Raleigh, NC

Biography

2020 (RS-SENIOR)
Played in 58 sets over 19 matches and 19 starts, compiling 78 kills, 32 blocks, 99.5 points, 23 digs, four assists and three service aces…Tallied a season-high eight kills vs. Little Rock (11/6/20)…Topped 10 points one time, accounting for 10.5 points in the season-opener vs. Lamar on seven kills with three block assists (9/11/20)…Matched a season-high with three kills and three block assists in her final match as a Warhawk vs. Little Rock (11/7/20)…Had nine points with eight kills and two block assists vs. Little Rock-2 (11/6/20)…Tallied five kills with three block assists and one dig at Ragin’ Cajuns (10/30/20)…Matched a season-high with three digs to go with five kills, two blocks and a service ace vs. UT Arlington (10/24/20)…Picked up five points with one block solo and two block assists vs. UT Arlington-1 (10/23/20)…Matched a season-high with three digs and added four kills vs. Ragin’ Cajuns (10/3/20)…Tied a season-high with three blocks in both ends of a doubleheader at Texas State (9/25/20)…Opened the season with seven kills, three block assists, two service aces, one assist and 10.5 points vs. Lamar (9/11/20).

2019 (RS-SENIOR)
Did not play due to injury.

2018 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
One of the top performers for the Warhawks, ranking among the top five in nine statistical categories including kills (235—1st), attack percentage (.286—1st), total attacks (609—2nd), kills / set (2.28—2nd), solo blocks (28—1st), assisted blocks (72—2nd), total blocks (100—1st), blocks per set (0.97—2nd), service aces (14—t-3rd) … opened the season with five kills and five blocks (two solo / three assisted) against California Baptist (Aug. 24) … followed that outing with six digs and five kills against Mississippi State later that afternoon … eclipsed double-digit kills (14) against Mississippi Valley State (Aug. 25) as she enjoyed a .722 attack percentage. Defensively she made her presence felt with four blocks, all assisted, and three digs … drove home 12 kills, finishing with a .370 attack percentage, to go along with three blocks (two assisted) and a dig versus Northwestern State (Aug. 31) … finished with eight kills and four blocks (three assisted) at Memphis (Sept. 7) … contributed eight kills, two digs and two blocks against North Alabama (Sept. 7) … tallied nine kills and a .400 attack percentage against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 8) … closed out a clash with Grambling (Sept. 14) with 10 kills, five blocks, two service aces and a .444 attack percentage … established her single-match season high in kills (17) and blocks (seven), including six assisted blocks and a .389 attack percentage, at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 25) … drove home nine kills and added five blocks (three solo) against Troy (Oct. 6) … had eight and nine kills in back-to-back matches versus Georgia State (Oct. 18) and Georgia Southern (Oct. 19), respectively … came through with a single-match season-high eight blocks (six assisted) versus Georgia Southern (Oct. 19) … closed out her final double-digit kill match of the season versus Jackson State (Oct. 30) as she tallied 14 along with a .565 attack percentage  while recording four blocks (three solo) and four digs … contributed six blocks (five solo) along with seven kills at Louisiana-Lafayette (Nov. 2) … ended the season with seven kills and four blocks (three assisted) against Little Rock (Nov. 10).

2017 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE)
Played in and started all 32 matches, competing in 111 sets, with 243 kills, 315.5 points, 83 blocks, 73 digs, 25 service aces and eight assists...Had a career-high 18 kills twice, at Georgia State (9/22/17) and vs. UT Martin (9/15/17)...Had a season-high seven blocks twice, adding 14 kills at Troy (11/3/17) and adding 12 kills, one dig and one ace vs. Louisiana Tech (9/20/17)...Tallied double-digit points 13 times, including a season-high 21 points at Georgia State (9/22/17)...Had eight double-digit kill matches...Posted 13 kills vs. Appalachian State (10/21/17)...Had 11 kills with a season-high matching six digs and four blocks vs. Ragin' Cajuns (10/6/17)...Had double-digit kills in four consecutive matches, with 18 at Georgia State (9/22/17), 12 vs. Louisiana Tech (9/20/17), 10 vs. Nicholls State (9/16/17) and 18 vs. UT Martin (9/15/17)...Had 11 kills with four blocks and three digs vs. CSU Bakersfield (8/26/17).

2016 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
Started in 25 of 31 matches played and competed in 95 sets…Totaled 132 kills for 1.39 kills per set, eight assists, 18 service aces, 37 digs, 10 solo blocks and 40 block assists for a total of 50 blocks…Set career highs of 13 kills against the Ragin Cajuns on Nov. 8 and seven blocks against Little Rock on Oct 14.

2015 (FRESHMAN)
Took a redshirt due to a lower body injury.

PREP
A four-year starter at St. David's, led her team to state championships in 2011 and 2012 … A two-sport athlete who earned all-state honors in soccer and one all-state award in volleyball … Named Volleyball Conference Player of the Year in result from her play in her senior campaign.

PERSONAL
Born March 30, 1997 in Virginia Beach, Va. … Daughter of Ben and Jenni Griffith … Has two older brothers, Bradford (23) and Brett (21) … Cousin Andrea McHugh played volleyball at Notre Dame for four years … Majoring in business management with a concentration in marketing at ULM. 

CAREER MATCH HIGHS
Kills: 18, 2x, last at Georgia State, 9/22/17
Attacks: 36, at Louisiana Tech, 9/25/18
Hitting Percentage (minimum 10 attempts): .722, vs. Mississippi Valley State, 8/25/18
Assists: 2, vs. Georgia Southern, 9/23/16
Aces: 4, at Memphis, 9/17/18
Digs: 6, 5x, last vs. Ragin’ Cajuns, 11/4/18
Blocks: 8, vs. Georgia Southern, 10/19/18
Points: 22.0 at Louisiana Tech, 9/22/18
 
CAREER TOTALS
Double-Digit Kills: 15
Double-Digit Points: 33
20-Plus Points: 3

CAREER STATS

Season SP MP-MS K K/S E TA Pct A A/S SA SA/S SE
2015 DNP - - - - - - - - - - -
2016 95 31-25 132 1.4 68 356 .180 8 0.1 18 0.2 25
2017 111 32-32 243 2.2 90 604 .253 8 0.1 25 0.2 24
2018 103 30-30 234 2.3 61 609 .284 3 0.0 14 0.1 20
2019 DNP - - - - - - - - - - -
2020 58 19-19 78 1.3 29 242 .202 4 0.1 3 0.1 6
TOTAL 367 112-106 687 1.9 248 1811 .242 23 0.1 60 0.2 75
Season DIG D/S RE BS BA TB B/S BE BHE PTS
2015 DNP - - - - - - - - -
2016 37 0.4 3 10 40 50 0.5 6 0 180.0
2017 73 0.7 1 12 71 83 0.7 8 1 315.5
2018 48 0.5 0 28 72 100 1.0 6 0 312.0
2019 DNP - - - - - - - - -
2020 23 0.4 0 5 27 32 0.6 2 1 99.5
TOTAL 181 0.5 4 55 210 265 0.7 22 2 907.0