CAREER STATISTICS
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Spring 2020; Spring 2021; Fall 2021
ATHLETIC HONORS:
• Drafted, 9th Round (Pick 259) of 2022 MLB Draft by Texas Rangers
• 2022 ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region (1st)
• 2022 All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd)
AT GEORGIA STATE: Five-year letterwinner as a versatile infielder and right-handed hitter who played in 193 games, including 174 career starts ... Starting shortstop as a sophomore (2019), moved to third base in 2020, then second base in 2021 before returning to shortstop in 2022 ... Started 121 consecutive games from 2019-21 ... In those 121 straight starts, he failed to reach base only 13 times ... Drafted in the ninth round (pick No. 259) by Texas Rangers in 2022 MLB Draft, becoming the third-highest draft pick in program history.
Career batting average of .301 with 22 home runs, 21 of them over his final two seasons ... Ranks fifth in GSU history with 143 runs scored and tied for sixth with 90 walks ... Hit by pitch 26 times, tied for fourth in GSU annals.
2022: Earned second-team All-Sun Belt honors at shortstop (where he was edged by the conference Player of the Year) ... ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-Southeast Region ... Second on the team and fourth in the Sun Belt with 16 homers, which equals the fifth-highest season total in program history ... Also second on the team with a .350 batting average and 38 RBI, along with a team-leading 47 runs, 33 walks and .445 on-base pct. ... Ranked in the top 10 in the conference in homers, batting average, on-base pct., slugging and OPS ... Five of his homers were against the ACC: 3 vs. Clemson, 2 vs. Georgia Tech ... 12-for-16 on stolen bases.
Tied the Georgia State and Sun Belt Conference records with three home runs in 6-1 win at No. 15 Clemson. Hit a two-run homer down the left field line in first inning, a solo shot to left in the third and then a mammoth solo blast in the eighth that went over the left field grandstand ... The seventh Panther to hit three homers in a game and the first since Nic Wilson in 2014 vs. South Alabama ... Hit homer No. 9 in Friday comeback victory over South Alabama and No. 10 in 5-4 Sunday win at Coastal Carolina ... Belted two homers and drove in three runs in 9-5 win at Georgia Tech ... Homered in three straight games vs. Middle Tennessee, App State and App State ... Hit No. 16 vs. No. 10 Texas State.
Homered in Opening Day win vs. Purdue Fort Wayne and went 7-for-14 with four RBI in four-game sweep ... Hit his second homer at Kennesaw State and his third at No. 15 Florida ... Homered and drove in two runs in 3-0 win over Villanova ... Hit his fifth homer, a 3-run shot, in Friday win vs. Presbyterian.
2021: Started the first 51 games, including 11 starts at shortstop and the rest at second base ... Had his string of 121 consecutive starts ended when he was hit by a pitch in Game 51 vs. Little Rock and missed the final four games ... Hit .266 with five homers and 19 RBI and was second on the team with 12 doubles ... Hit by pitch nine times, along with 21 walks ... 9-for-11 on stolen bases ... Played outstanding defense, including a string of 24 straight error-less games.
Homered at Kentucky ... Made his 100th straight start at Mercer (April 6) ... Singled and was hit by pitch and scored two runs in GSU’s 9-run, 9th-inning rally vs. App State ... Had three hits and an RBI-single at No. 20 Georgia ... Led back-to-back wins over Troy by going 6-for-9 with three RBI and six runs scored in those two contests ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored in Sunday’s 17-15 series-clinching win, playing a key role in the five-run, eighth-inning rally as he singled and later stole third base and scored on the catcher’s throwing error ... In Saturday’s 7-5 win he had three hits and scored three runs, including a solo homer ... Hit his third homer at Mercer ... Sparked 14-inning win over Wofford as he scored the tying run in the 9th, racing home from 1st on a double, and again in the 14th ... Homered vs. Coastal Carolina ... Hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth for key insurance runs in 7-4 victory at Texas State.
2020: Started every game (16) at third base ... Hit second in the order and batted .302 ... Reached base in every game but one ... Led the team and ranked fourth in the Sun Belt with 19 runs scored ... Second in the Sun Belt with 15 walks and was hit by pitch five times while striking out just nine times ... Second in the league with nine stolen bases and 10th with a .486 on-base percentage.
2019: Enjoyed a breakout season as a sophomore, earning the starting job at shortstop after playing only sparingly as a freshman ... Starting shortstop who hit .300, primarily from the number two spot in the order ... Entered the starting lineup in Game 3 and then reached base safely in every game but five ... Led the team with 38 runs scored and was second with 12 doubles, along with 21 RBI.
Went 5-for-8 with five runs scored in Charleston Southern series ... Had five hits and three RBI in series win at App State ... Added five hits in the UT Arlington series ... Had two hits and an RBI in comeback victory over Kennesaw State (3-27-19) ... Hit his first career homer and drove in a career-high three runs in win over Troy (4-13-19).
Reached base six straight times at Kennesaw State (4-22-19), going 4-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored. Also started three double plays ... Over two-plus games including KSU, he reached base eight straight times and 11 of 12 plate appearances: (vs. South Alabama) single, (vs. Kennesaw State) walk, single, double, error, walk, single, (vs. Furman) single, groundout, single, single, intentional walk ... Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in 15-11 comeback win over Coastal Carolina (4-28-19). His double started GSU’s five-run eighth-inning rally ... Went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and an RBI in season-ending win over Georgia Southern (5-18-19).
2018: Saw action in 18 games off the bench as a freshman, primarily as a defensive replacement ... Had just nine at-bats but drew three walks and scored four runs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year letterwinner for coach Aaron Wilkens at Northview High School ... Hit .365 as a senior and .305 as a junior ... Drove in seven runs in a game vs. Johns Creek High School ... Helped Northview reach the state playoffs in 2017.
PERSONAL: Full name is Griffin Robert Cheney ... Born May 21, 1999 ... Son of Ted and Eileen Cheney ... Earned his degree in psychology in Spring 2021.
