Griffin Fries

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mission Hills, Kan.
High School:
Shawnee Mission East

Awards and Honors:

BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)

2024 Season (R-Sr.): Played in six games and made one start ... Scored once in the home opener against Lindenwood (Feb. 9).

2023 Season (R-Jr.): Member of the Big East Weekly Honor Role after leading team with 5 points in road win against Michigan (Feb. 25)... Appeared in eight games as an offensive midfielder.

2022 Season (R-So.): Started the first seven games of the year before sustaining a season-ending leg injury ... Totaled five points on four goals and an assist ... Scored goals in the first three games of the year, including two against Utah (Feb. 26).

2021 Season (R-Fr.): Played in eight games and picked up one ground ball as an offensive midfielder.

2020 Season (RS - COVID): Played in five of seven games and made one start as a true freshman, while scoring five goals ... Scored his first two collegiate goals at Detroit Mercy (Feb. 22) ... Scored a goal in his first career start against Robert Morris (March 7) ... Scored twice at Michigan (March 11) in the final game of the year.

Prior to Marquette: Fries was a two-sport high school athlete in lacrosse and football at Shawnee Mission East High School … Regarded as a four-star recruit by Inside Lacrosse … Tallied 371 career points including 237 goals and 134 assists … Two-time US Lacrosse All-American … All-time leading point scorer in Kansas … Led his team to three state championships (also lost by a single goal in the 2017 state title game) … First team all-metro his final three years and second team as a freshman … Played club lacrosse with True Michigan and Midwest Topgun … Played club lacrosse with fellow 2019 MU signees Noah Verlinde, Jake Williams and Jake Stegman.

Personal: Fries was born in Kansas City, Missouri and is the son of Elizabeth and Brian Fries … Two older siblings, Marston and Rilye, swam at UConn and Nebraska, respectively ... Earned a bachelor's degree in advertising and marketing from MU.