Kylie Griggs

Action Shot of Team Celebrating Walk Off Win

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Justin Pondexter/Pitt Athletics

Position:
U
Hometown:
Perrysburg, OH
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Perrysburg
B/T:
R/R

NFCA East All-Region Third Team (2025)

2025

Named to the NFCA East All-Region Third Team.
Recorded 14 doubles on the season, tied for seventh most for a single season in program history.
Reached base in 17 consecutive games from March 28-April 26 … Batted .481 (25-for-52) with eight doubles, four home runs, and nine walks and 15 runs scored in that span.
Batted .457 in the month of April … went 21-for-46 with 13 runs scored, six doubles, three home runs, nine walks and 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts over 16 games.
Batted .600 (6-for-10) with three doubles, two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI in three games against the Blue Devils from April 11-13.
Had a 10-game hitting streak from March 28-April 13 … Batted .471 (16-for-34) with seven RBI, six doubles, and four home runs during that stretch.
Had a pair of three-hit games against No. 11 Virginia Tech and recorded the walk-off hit in the extra-inning victory against the Hokies on April 17.
Finished the series against the Hokies batting .667 (6-for-9) with two doubles and three walks … named Softball America Star of the Week for her performance.

2024

Named one of three team captains for the season
Led the Panthers in OPS (.976), hit by pitches (8), slugging percentage (.564), on-base percentage (.412), and is second in doubles (6) and home runs (10), stolen bases (9), and RBI (27)
Reached base in 20 consecutive games from March 23-May 3, batting .281 (16-for-57) with
16 runs scored, three doubles, five home runs, 14 RBI, 16 walks, six stolen bases, a .681 slugging percentage, and a.507 on-base percentage in that span. Griggs’ on-base streak was tied for the 22nd longest on-base streak in the NCAA at the end of the regular season
Hit second grand slam of the season against North Carolina (4/13) to put the Panthers up 7-2 and lead the Panthers to secure the win .... Became the first Panther to hit multiple grand slams in the same season
Hit a home run in each game of the doubleheader at Boston College (4/5), including hitting the game-winning two-run homer in the top of the seventh in game two
Missed two games against No. 18 Florida State due to a foot injury after being hit by a pitch on her foot during the series opener
Hit first-career grand slam against No. 12 Virginia Tech (3/16) to make it a one-run game in the top of the sixth inning
Recorded a hit in six straight games from (3/9-16) ... batted .412 (7-for-17) with four home runs in that span
Secured the run-rule victory over Purdue (3/9) with a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the sixth inning .... went a combined 3-for-6 with two home runs and three RBI in the doubleheader
Went 2-for-2 against Georgia Tech (3/3)
Hit three-run home run in the fifth inning in win against Memphis (2/9)

2023

Appeared in 44 games with 31 starts between left field and right field
Went a season-high 3-for-3 against Missouri at the FIU Panther Invitational (2/19)
Hit pinch-hit home run as she and Yvonne Whaley went back-to-back against North Carolina (4/9)
Hit a go-ahead pinch-hit homer against Akron to secure the Panthers’ 6-5 victory (4/18)
Went a career-high 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts
Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the CSC Academic All-District Team

2022

Appeared in 37 games, starting in 32 of them at second base
Batted .273 with 17 hits, 12 runs, three doubles, one homer, five home runs and six walks
Elevated her play in conference play where she was fourth on the team in batting average, totaling a .308 mark with 12 hits and seven runs
Recorded her first collegiate hit vs. Missouri State (2/18), going 2-for-3 with a solo homer
Followed that game up with a double in Pitt’s win over Stephen F. Austin (2/18)
Recorded four multi-hit games with a career-high three hits vs. Notre Dame (3/19)

High School

Attended Perrysburg High School in Perrysburg, Ohio
Led the team with a .374 batting average, nine steals and seven homers her freshman year
Totaled 48 runs her sophomore year, breaking the Perrysburg single-season school record
Hit .416 as a leadoff hitter with nine stolen bases and a team-best 10 home runs that year
The 10 homers also broke the high school’s single-season record
Named First Team All-League NLL at the conclusion of both her freshman and sophomore seasons
Part of multiple championship teams, winning the OHSAA Sectional Championship and OHSAA District Championship her freshman and sophomore year and the OHSAA Regional Championship freshman year
Batted .483 with an OPS of 1.706, 23 stolen bases and 14 home runs senior year
Named First Team All-District, First Team All-League and NLL All-Academic
Holds the Perrysburg school record for career home runs, home runs in a season and career runs scored (130)
Holds OHSAA state records for consecutive games played with a homer (5), home runs in one game (3), career homers (31) and homers in a season (14)
Named to the PGF All-American watch list
A two-sport athlete, earning First Team All-League, First Team All-District and All-State Honorable Mention in basketball

Club

Played for multiple Beverly Bandits teams, including Beverly Bandits Demarini – Moran (2018-19), Dorsey (2019-20) and most recently Beverly Bandits Premier (2020-21)

Personal

Daughter of Lindsay Dwornik and Cory Griggs
Has two siblings, Torrie and Hayley
Her Aunt Katie played collegiate basketball at Xavier University and coached basketball at the University of Toledo
Sister, Hayley, is a 2026 Florida State softball commit
Lettered in basketball at Perrysburg all four years, earning multiple accolades including All-State Honorable Mention twice, First Team All-District twice and First Team All-League twice
Is an avid water skier