Over the next few weeks, GoColumbiaLions.com will take a look at the teams, student-athletes, coaches and staff members set to be inducted in the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame this October. Our next installment features a former standout women's basketball player that recently returned to Alma Mater.

Megan Griffith '07CC

Player. Captain. Assistant coach. Head coach. From being one of the finest ever Columbia women's basketball players to her current transformative role as the head coach of the program, Megan Griffith's career has seen it all. 

Griffith holds a unique distinction of being one of ten Lions to score more than 1,000 points during her career, averaging 10.1 points per game over four seasons. During her junior year, Griffith ranked 22nd in the nation in assists, averaging 5.5 per game, while chipping in 15.2 points.

She was twice named Academic All-Ivy League and was a member of the Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Team two straight years. She captained the Lions for three seasons from 2005 to 2007, earning All-Ivy League selection in her final two seasons at Morningside Heights.

Upon graduation, Griffith spent three years playing professional basketball in Europe. An exceptional 2007-08 season for FoA Nice Basketball in Finland earned her the prestigious MVP award.

Her career made an effortless transition to coaching while in Europe, and she brought home the experience, spending six seasons at Princeton, including the last four as an assistant coach and the team's recruiting coordinator. Griffith helped the Tigers make back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournaments, including an undefeated 30-0 regular season in 2014-15, and a 26-2 mark in Ivy League play the past two seasons.

Her success with Princeton led her back to Columbia this past March when she was named head coach of the Lions in March 2016.