Background
Griffin was born July 2, 1987 to Jim and January Griffin. She grew up in Eagle River, Alaska, and attended Chugiak High School.
Griffin was born July 2, 1987 to Jim and January Griffin. She grew up in Eagle River, Alaska, and attended Chugiak High School.
Griffin attended Nebraska for five years. She injured an ankle in the summer of 2008. After not being able to practice for 14 weeks, the decision was made to opt for surgery, so she miss the entire 2008–2009 season and was granted a redshirt season.
She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 Women's National Basketball Association Draft. Griffin played college basketball with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Griffin is currently playing for the Bendigo Spirit in the Australian WNBL. Having obtained Australian citizenship in November 2015, Girffin pledged her allegiances to Australia before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
She has one older brother, Geoff Ferguson, and a younger sister, Jayme.
Source Women's National Basketball Association The Minnesota Lynx had the third pick of the 2010 draft and selected Griffin. As she was about to pose for a picture with a Lynx jersey and Women's National Basketball Association President Donna Orender, she was traded to the Connecticut Sun for future draft picks.
In her rookie season for the Sun, Griffin averaged 4.4 points and 4.7 rebounds and was able to earn a spot on the Women's National Basketball Association All Rookie Team. Europe Griffin played for Pécs 2010, a professional basketball team in Pécs, Hungary, playing in the Hungarian A league, one of the premier leagues in EuroBasketball.
She led the team to a 23–1 record, which earned an entry in the championship series.
Australia Griffin signed with the Bendigo Spirit for the 2012/13 Australian Women"s National Basketball League (WNBL). Due to Women's National Basketball Association commitments, Griffin did not join the Spirit until six rounds into the season. Once cleared to play, she made an instant impact for Bendigo, averaging 16.5 points, 8.6 rebounds per game.
Griffin was instrumental in Bendigo"s WNBL championship victory, claiming grand final Most Valuable Player honours after scoring 20 points and collecting 11 rebounds.
Despite missing close to a third of the season, Griffin finished sixth overall in the WNBL"s end of season league Most Valuable Player voting.