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17 Griffin Palfrey

  • Position INF/RHP
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 205
  • Hometown Vancouver, B.C.
  • Previous School West Vancouver Secondary School
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

2024: Appeared in 35 games and made 32 starts… First Team All-Ivy League selection as a second baseman… Second Team All-Ivy League selection as a utility player… DI All-ECAC Team selection... Second Team NCAA Div. I Northeast All-Region selection... Team captain… Received the Lou Gehrig Co-MVP award and Mr. Hustle award… Had a team-high .380 batting average, also good for third in the Ivy League... On 4/27 he hit Columbia's 73rd home run of the year and set a new program single-season record that was previously broken in 2023… Drove in 49 runs which were the third-most in the conference… Ended the season riding a 16-game hitting streak and led the team with 13 multi-RBI games… Smacked 18 doubles which were the second-most on the team... Homered in five-straight games from 4/21-27… Made 13 appearances on the mound and pitched to a 2.25 ERA… Ivy League Player of the Week (4/29).

2023: Appeared in 42 games as a pitcher and infielder… Ranked second on the team in batting average (.356) and RBIs (44)... Tied for second on the team in hits (62)... Ranked in the top ten among Ivy League hitters in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, hits, RBIs, and doubles… Ivy League Player of the Week on 3/13 (first accolade of his career)... Had the longest hitting streak on the team (17 games)... Made eight appearances on the mound and struck out 15 batters in 20.1 innings of work… Tossed three scoreless innings in his first outing of the season on 2/26 at Virginia.


2022: Appeared in 30 games as a pitcher and infielder... On the mound made 10 relief appearances and three starts with a 4.37 ERA over 22.2 innings of work... At the plate logged 48 at bats and nine hits... Made his collegiate debut on 2/25 against Stetson.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2021 graduate of West Vancouver Secondary School in Canada … Led team to provincial titles in 2017 and 2018 and placed third at nationals in 2018 … Earned Art Wright Tournament Championship where he scored game-winning run on a steal of home in the semifinals and then pitched a complete-game in the finals … Named Provincial Final MVP and named to All-Star team sophomore year … Ranked as top shortstop in British Columbia’s graduating class … Hit .280 with 27 RBI in 2019 … Also played hockey and competed against top prospect Connor Bedard.

PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022First Year

    INF/RHP
    5'11" 195 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2023Sophomore

    INF/RHP
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Junior

    INF/RHP
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2025Senior

    INF/RHP
    5'11" 205 lbs
    17