Honors:
- USA South All-Conference third team (2013-14)
- GABCA All-State second team (2013-14)
- USA South Player of the Week (Dec. 9, 2013; Dec 16, 2013)
- NCCAA Mid-East All-Region second team (2012-13)
- GABCA All-State second team (2012-13)
- GSAC All-Freshman team (2011-12)
2014-15 (Senior): Played in 23 contests and started 19... Led the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game, while also collecting 3.3 rebounds, which was second on the team... Scored his 1,000th career point against Emory (Dec. 10)... Finished his career with 1,181 career points
2013-14 (Junior): Played in 25 games on the season, starting 24... Named to USA South All-Conference third team... Was twice named USA South Player of the Week (Dec. 9 and Dec. 16)... Was the Scots leader in both points (15.4) and rebounds (7.2) per game... Tallied six double-doubles, including a run of three straight from Dec. 7-14... Scored a career-high 35 points against Bethany Lutheran (Dec. 7)... Also notched a career-high in rebounds when he pulled down 14 against Birmingham Southern (Dec. 13)... Had nine games with at least 20 points... Earned GABCA All-State second team honors for second straight season... Ended the year with 896 career points
2012-13 (Sophomore): Played in all 24 games and made 21 starts… Led the team in scoring with 11.3 points per game… Also grabbed 4.6 rebounds per contest which was second on the team… Scored double figures in 17 games, including the final nine games of the year… Had a season-high 21 points on the strength of a career-high five 3-pointers in a victory over Grace Bible (Mich.) (Dec. 8, 2012)… Named to NCCAA Mid-East All-Region second team and Georgia Basketball Coaches Association (GABCA) second team
2011-12 (Freshman): Played in all 26 contests, starting six… Had 10 games of double-digit points… Had one double-double with a career-high 22 points and 11 rebounds at Maryville (Jan. 11)… Averaged 9.2 points (second on the team), 5.3 rebounds and made 76.2 percent from the free throw line… Led team with 137 rebounds… Named to the Great South Athletic Conference All-Freshman team
High School: Attended Oak Mountain High School… Was selected to the All-Area team his senior year… Was Salutatorian of his graduating class and was a National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member
Personal: Born October 28, 1992 in Birmingham, Ala. … Parents are Joel and Laurie McGriff… Has two siblings, Bronson and Kierson… His father Joel played basketball at Chattahoochee Community College, mother Laurie swam for the University of Minnesota… Brother, Bronson, played baseball at Samford University, and grandfather, Bill McGriff, played basketball for Auburn University… Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 21:31… Majoring in Economics… Aspires to continue his basketball career and start a global business based on serving other people
Career Single-Game Highs:
Points: 35, at Bethany Lutheran -- Dec 7, 2013
Rebounds: 14, Birmingham Southern -- Dec 13, 2013
Assists: 6, Millsaps -- Dec 5, 2014
Steals: 3, 8 times; at Birmingham Southern -- Nov 22, 2014 (last time)
FG Made: 14, at Bethany Lutheran -- Dec 7, 2013
FG Attempted: 24, at Bethany Lutheran -- Dec 7, 2013; Oglethorpe -- Nov 25, 2014
3FG Made: 5, vs. Grace Bible -- Dec 8, 2012
3FG Attempted: 10, Oglethorpe -- Nov 25, 2014
FT Made: 11, at Berry -- Nov 15, 2013
FT Attempted: 13, at Berry -- Nov 15, 2013
