Shane Griffith Season 2019-20

In the News

• 5/30/20: Shane Griffith Named Rookie of the Year (The Stanford Daily)
• 4/17/20: Moments Off the Mat (VIDEO) - USA Wrestling
• 3/28/20: Shane Griffith Sets Stanford Wrestling History (The Stanford Daily)
• 3/23/20: Pac-12 Hardware for Griffith (FloWrestling)
• 3/5/20: Prodigy - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)
• 1/9/19: Making the Transistion to College, Staying Motivated and Taking on Cenzo (VIDEO) - FloWrestling

Career Accolades

• NCAA champion at 165 pounds (2021)
• Pac-12 team champion (2019) - first in program history
• Hodge Trophy finalist (2020) - just the second in program history
• Amateur Wrestling News National Rookie of the Year (2020)
• Four-time NCAA Qualifier (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year (2020, 2021)
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year (2020)
• Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler at Pac-12 Championships (2020)
• Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds (2020)
• Three-time NCAA All-American (2021, 2022, 2023)
  • Just the second in program history
• NWCA First Team All-American (2020)
  • Along with teammate Real Woods, just the second/third freshman All-American in school history
• WIN Magazine: Mike Chapman Impact Award (2021)
• Finalist for FloWrestling Freshman of the Year (2020)
• The Open Mat DI All-Freshman First Team (2020)
• Five-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 5, 2020, Feb. 19, 2020, Nov. 16, 2021, Feb. 8, 2022, Jan. 3, 2023)
  • A league record
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America second team (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021, 2022, 2023)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2023)
• Four-time NWCA Scholar All-American (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Four-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

As a Redshirt Senior (2022-23)

• NCAA All-American
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 3)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• CSC Academic All-American second team
• CSC Academic All-District
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Career record at Stanford: 87-11
• NCAA All-American, placing fifth at 165 pounds in Tulsa
  • Just the second three-time NCAA All-American in program history
  • Received a standing ovation when he walked off the mat for a final time in a Stanford singlet
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (March 5) at Maples Pavilion
  • Earned an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships
• Led the team with a 28-5 overall record and a 10-2 mark in duals
  • Seven wins by bonus points
  • Defeated eight ranked opponents
• Had a team-best 16 match winning streak from Nov. 6 to Jan. 12
• Won the Menlo Open (Nov. 6), Mountaineer Invitational (Nov. 12) and Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
  • Just the second Scuffle champion in school history

As a Redshirt Junior (2021-22)

• NCAA All-American
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Nov. 16, Feb. 8)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 19-5 overall, 6-2 in duals at 165 and 174 pounds
  • Nine wins over ranked opponents
  • Nine wins by bonus points
  • Tied for second on the team with five falls
• No. 5 seed at the NCAA Championships in Detroit
  • Scored a last-second takedown to knock off No. 1 seed Evan Wick (Cal Poly) in the semifinals 
  • Became just the second two-time NCAA finalist in program history
  • 9-1 all-time in the national tournament
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships in Tempe, Ariz.
• Placed second at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 3-4)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2020-21)

• NCAA champion
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year
• WIN Magazine: Mike Chapman Impact Award
• CoSIDA Academic All-America second team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 12-1 overall and 3-0 in duals wrestling at 165 and 174 pounds
  • Registered 34 consecutive wins dating back to 2019
    • Win streak is the second-longest in program history
  • Posted five major decisions
• Received the No. 8 seed at the NCAA championships in St. Louis
  • Defeated No. 3 seed Jake Wentzel of Pittsburgh to become just the second NCAA champion in program history
  • Earned wins over the No. 1, No. 3, No. 5, No. 9 and No. 25 seeds en route to his title
• Runner-up at the Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 28) in Corvallis, Ore.

As a Redshirt Freshman (2019-20)

• Hodge Trophy finalist - just second in program history
• Amateur Wrestling News National Rookie of the Year
• Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year
• Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year
• Co-Most Outstanding Wrestler at Pac-12 Championships
• NWCA First Team All-American
  • Along with teammate Real Woods, just the second/third freshman All-American in school history
• Finalist for FloWrestling Freshman of the Year
• The Open Mat DI All-Freshman First Team
• Two-time Pac-12 Wrestler of the Week (Feb. 5, Feb. 19)
• NWCA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• 28-0 overall and 13-0 in duals at 165 pounds
  • Best start to a career in program history
  • Second-longest winning-streak in school history (28)
  • Seventh-most wins by a freshman in school history
  • One of just eight undefeated NCAA DI wrestlers in 2019-20
  • Registered 18 wins by bonus points
  • Led the team with nine pins
• NCAA Qualifier
  • Awarded the No. 3 seed for the NCAA Championships
• Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds
  • Just the seventh freshman to win a conference title in program history
• Listed as No. 6 in the country on the NCAA's Most Dominant Wrestler list (all weights)
• Won the Battle at The Citadel (Nov. 3), Roadrunner Open (Nov. 24) and Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Recorded six wins over ranked opponents

As a Freshman (2018-19) • Pac-12 Champions

• Redshirted his first season on The Farm
• 25-2 wrestling unattached at 165 pounds
• Won the Princeton Open (Nov. 4), Roadrunner Open (Nov. 18) and National Collegiate Open (March 2)
• Placed third at the Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2)
• Finished fifth at the Reno Tournament of Champions (Dec. 20)

Freestyle

• Won gold at 79 kg at the 2019 Junior Pan American Championships in Guatemala City
• Runner-up at 74 kg at the 2019 Junior World Team Trials in Raleigh, N.C.
• Placed second at 79 kg at the 2019 UWW Junior Nationals in Las Vegas

Prior to Stanford

• A 2018 graduate of Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, N.J.
• Four-year letterwinner in wrestling, captaining his team for two seasons
• Team was four-time state champions, ranking in the top 10 in the nation
• Three-time state champion and runner-up the other year
• Only underclassman to win Most Outstanding Wrestler at the state tournament
• Super 32 champion
• Fargo runner-up
• DOC Buchanan champion 

Personal

• Son of Jeffrey and Alison Griffith
• Has an older sister, Ashley
• Full name is Shane Patrick Griffith

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