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2008 (Senior): Led the team with a 13.25 strikeout per game average, finishing with 26 punchouts in 17.2 innings...Had a 1-4 record and a 9.68 ERA in 12 appearances with one start...Shut down FAMU (Feb. 24), pitching 3.0 hitless innings with four strikeouts in UCF debut...Notched first UCF win by pitching a scoreless eighth inning with a strikeout vs. CMU (March 2)...Fanned six in 3.0 innings, allowing just one run against Wagner (March 19)...Struck out five in 2.1 innings vs. ECU (March 29)...Worked 3.1 innings of relief, striking out four batters vs. Clemson (May 17).
Prior to UCF: Spent junior year with the University of Alabama...Appeared in seven games for the Crimson Tide, making one start...Had a 1-0 record with one save and a 1.80 ERA in 15.0 innings on the hill, striking out 16 while limiting batters to a .208 average...Attended Polk Community College from 2005-06...Went 7-2 with a 2.92 ERA as a freshman, striking out 78 in 89.1 innings...Following first campaign for the Vikings, named to the All-Region VIII Second Team...Was an Academic All-SunCoast Conference honoree on two occasions.
High School: Pitched for Melbourne High School and coach Jose Soto...Went 9-2 on the mound as a senior...Tabbed as an All-Space Coast Conference honoree as a junior and a senior...Earned a spot on the A+B honor roll in high school.
Personal: Born in Miami, Fla....Son of Timothy Griggs and Jean Soto...Stepfather and high school coach Jose Soto played for UCF from 1986-87, and he is tied for fourth in Knight history with a .370 career average...Soto also ranks second on the single-season charts with 72 RBI and 158 total bases, both in 1987...Has three siblings, Kelli Griggs, Sara Soto and Haley Soto...Majoring in liberal arts.