#18 Tyler Griffin
Goalkeeper
As a junior (2005):
Played in all 23 games… had 59 saves… set new shutout records (individual and team)… helped set new VU consecutive scoreless minutes record set (559)… Vanderbilt[apos]s Female Athlete of the Year… SEC Defensive Player of the Week… Two-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week… No. 7 in the nation for Goals Against Average (.45)… No. 17 in the nation on Goal Save Percentage (.855)… SEC Defensive Player of the Year… 1st Team All-SEC… Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Season… NSCAA/Adidas Women[apos]s Division I All-Amercican 3rd Team… Soccer Buzz 2nd Team All-American… Soccer Buzz Central Region 1st Team… ESPN the Magazine All-District Team.
As a sophomore (2004):
Played in 16 games… Started the 15 final games… Named First Team All-SEC… Had a season-high 13 saves against No. 14 Florida on 10/10/2004.
At North Carolina (2002-03):
Redshirted in 2003… Saw action in three games including the last 10 minutes of the ACC Tournament championship game victory over Clemson.
High School/Club:
Played four years of soccer and two years of basketball in high school… Helped lead Providence to the state finals while earning team defensive MVP honors… Named to the All-State, All-Conference, All-Mecklenburg County and All-Charlotte Observer Teams… Two-year selection to the State All-Star Team… Won the NSMA Science Award, was a Coca Cola Scholar Athlete and was named three times to Who[apos]s Who Among America[apos]s High School Students… Was the captain and MVP of the Charlotte Soccer Club which reached the regional semifinals… Member of North Carolina State ODP Team and Region III from 2000-02 … Was also a national pool selection.
Worth Noting:
Tyler Courtney Griffin… Born on Dec. 18, 1983 in Macon, Ga…. Daughter of Charles and Sharyn Griffin… Has one sister, Erica… Her grandfather played football and baseball at Duke and her mother was a swimmer at UNC.