2024-25 Fencing Roster
Jack Griffith
- Weapon:
- Foil
- Class:
- Junior
- Custom2:
- 5 / Wolfpack
- Hometown:
- Naples, FL
- High School:
- Gulf Coast
2022-23 & 2023-24 NCAA West Regional Men's Foil Champion
2022-23 & 2023-24 MPSF Men's Foil Champion
2023-24 MPSF Fencing Men's Fencer of The Year
2022-23 MPSF Men's Fencing Freshman of the Year
2023-24 NCAA Championships Qualifier (9th place finish - All-American Honorable Mention)
2022-23 NCAA Championships Qualifier (19th place finish)
2022-23 and 2023-24 First-Team All-MPSF
2024-25 (Junior):
- Co-Team Captain.
2023-24 (Sophomore):
- NCAA All-American Honorable Mention men's foil with 9th place finish at NCAA's. 14 wins at NCAA's.
- NCAA West Regional men's foil Champion (went 13-0)
- MPSF men's foil Champion (went 2-0)
- MPSF men's fencing Male Fencer of the Year
- First-Team All-MPSF
- Competed in 101 bouts, going 66-35.
- Led men's team in wins.
- Men's Team MVP.
- Competed at FIE Grand Prix in Washington, DC, placing 127th out of a field of 231.
2022-23 (Freshman): Competed in 105 bouts ... led team in wins with a 67-38 record ... Men's Team MVP ... NCAA West Regional Men's Foil Champion, going 8-2 in competition ... MPSF Mens' Foil Champion, going 2-0 in competition ... 19th place finish at NCAA's in men's foil with eight bout victories ... MPSF Men's Fencing Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-MPSF Men's Fencing ... MPSF Fencer of the Week (Nov. 29, 2022) ... Air Force Athletics Athlete of the Week.
Before Air Force: Competed for Naples Fencing Academy and was coached by German Paz … top 16 finisher at NACs in juniors and top 32 in Div. I … graduated in top 10 percent of his class.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 5 … son of Johnn and Diana Griffith … older brothers, Johnny and Jordan Griffith are both USAFA graduates … brother, Jordan, was a four-year letterwinner, also in foil weapon, with USAFA Fencing from (2016-2020) … future career plan is to make the World Class Athlete Program in fencing … Why I decided to come to the Academy: “To serve a higher purpose and to compete in fencing while representing the Air Force.” … hobbies are Spikeball, eating and video games … began fencing at age eight … credits brother, Jordan, as having the biggest influence on his fencing career … pre-competition superstition is his special bracelet … dream vacation spot is Japan … guilty pleasure is training till body failure … favorite role model is Bruce Lee … something most people don’t know about him is that he likes monkeys a lot … favorite TV show is Adventure Time … favorite class subject is math … favorite athletes are Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson … favorite quote is: “Be water my friend.”
