Jake Griffith

Bio

As a Senior

• Member of 2025 Sunshine State Conference Champions and the 2025 NCAA National Championship team.
• Appeared in 33 games and made 4 starts, primarily as an outfielder and pinch hitter.
• Batted .250 with 9 hits in 36 at-bats.
• Scored 8 runs and drove in 5.
• Collected 3 doubles and 1 home run.
• Posted a .460 on-base percentage and a .417 slugging percentage.
• Drew 11 walks and was hit by 1 pitch.
• Stole 1 base and recorded a 1.000 fielding percentage with 13 putouts and no errors.
• Singled in his collegiate debut against Montevallo (Feb. 7).
• Went 1-for-1 with a double and RBI against Quincy (Feb. 14).
• Pinch-hit and drew a walk in a win over Cal State San Marcos (Mar. 7).
• Doubled and scored after entering as a pinch runner against Minnesota Crookston (Mar. 3).
• Went 1-for-3 with 2 RBI in a start at shortstop vs. Eckerd (Apr. 25).
• Reached base three times with a hit and 2 walks, adding a run scored vs. Barry (May 2).
• Delivered a pinch-hit RBI single against Barry (May 3).
• Reached base in both SSC Tournament games against Saint Leo (May 8–9).
• Started in left field and scored a run in the NCAA South Regional win over Mississippi College (May 18).
• Appeared in the NCAA Championship game vs. Central Missouri (June 7).

As a Junior

• Member of the 2024 National Championship and Sunshine State Conference Championship teams.
• Transferred to The University of Tampa for the 2024 season.
• Played in 56 of 60 games.
• Batted .292, with an on-base percentage of .440, and slugged .411.
• Finished with 243 plate appearances, 185 at-bats, 54 hits, 46 walks, six hit by pitches, and 13 extra-base hits (eight doubles, one triple, and four home runs).
• Scored 59 runs, drove in 37, and stole three bases.
• Defensively had 69 put-outs and one assist on a 97.2 fielding percentage.
• Had 14 multi-hit games and three - three or more RBI games'.
• In the Sunshine State Conference finished 6th in runs scored and 2nd in walks.

Summer 2023

• Played for the Brooks Bombers of the Western Canadian Baseball League.
• Hit .354 in 26 games.
• Registered seven doubles, along with one home run and 20 RBI.
• Had a .450 on-base percentage with 99 at-bats.

As a Sophomore (HCC, 2023)

• Returned to Hillsborough Community College for the 2022 season with the Hawks.
• Named first-team all-conference.
• Hit .348 with two home runs and 33 RBI.
• Registered 15 doubles and four triples.
• Swiped 10 bases and scored 39 runs.
• Posted a .470 on-base percentage in 51 games.
• Had 19 multi-hit games.
• Was 5-5 with three stolen bases in 3-2 win at Pasco-Hernando College (2/21).

As a Freshman (HCC, 2022)

• Enrolled at Hillsborough Community College as a true freshman in 2022.
• Had a .345 batting average with two home runs and 28 RBI.
• Scored 32 runs and stole seven bases.
• Collected 10 doubles and five triples.
• Had a 20-game hitting streak from January 30 to March 12.
• Recorded 13 multi-hit games.

High School

• Graduated from Fort Myers High School.
• Four-year letterwinner for coach Brooks Beisner.
• Team captain as a senior.
• Played outfield and first base while also pitching for the Greenwave.

Personal

• Member of International Baccalaureate program (IB) and earned IB diploma.
• Member of National Honors Society.
• Volunteered for grandparent's non-profit organization, Nations Association Charities, in Fort Myers, Fla., helping at-risk youth in Southwest Florida so they can create a brighter future.
• Allied health major
• Exercise science minor
• Son of John and Cathy Griffith
• Has one sibling, Connor
• Birthdate: 11/10/2001

Tampa Career Statistics

NCAA Career Statistics