Murray State University Athletics
Griggs named OVC Co-Player of Week
5/3/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Junior third baseman Clint Griggs was named Ohio Valley Conference Co-Player of the Week, according to a release issued by the league office this afternoon.
Griggs went 7-for-15 (.467) last week, including a 6-for-11 (.545) weekend series against conference rival Tennessee-Martin. Griggs led MSU last week with five runs scored, and slammed two doubles and had three runs batted in, all against UTM.
Griggs leads the Thoroughbreds with a .349 batting average and 51 hits in 40 games. He is sixth in the OVC with 1.08 runs per game and 0.38 doubles per game. He is second in the league with 0.68 walks per game, and is fifth in the conference with an on-base percentage of .484, with more walks (27) than strikeouts (24).
In conference play only, he ranks second with 1.39 runs per game, seventh with 0.44 doubles per game and 10th with 1.50 hits per game.
A third baseman for MSU, Griggs came to Murray State this season after graduating from Shawnee Community College. He was a 2001 graduate from Paducah (Ky.)-Tilghman High School.
