Tom Griffin

Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
London, U.K.
High School:
Westminster School
Concentration:
English

2025-26: 2026 IRCA Scholar Athlete Award Winner … Empacher-IRCA Second Team All-American … Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athlete … Stroked the Varsity Eight on both days of the Sarasota 2K (Mar. 27-28) … Stroked the Varsity Eight at the Princeton Invitational, earning an Ivy League win against Columbia in the afternoon race (Apr. 11) … Stroked the Varsity Eight in a win against No. 7 Dartmouth (Apr. 18) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight against No. 3 Princeton (May 2) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight at the Eastern Sprints (May 17) … Rowed with the Varsity Eight at the IRA National Championships (May 29-31).

2024-25: Empacher-IRCA Second Team All-American ... Empacher-IRCA Scholar-Athlete ... Raced with the V8 crew for the entire season ... Helped the V8 earn a fifth place finish in the Grand Final and the team fourth overall at the IRA Championship (May 30-Jun. 1) ... Rowed with the V8 at the Eastern Sprints (May 18) en route to a fifth place finish in the Grand Final ... Helped the V8 earn victories against Boston University (Mar. 22) and Northeastern (Apr. 19) ... Raced with the V8 and helped that crew pick up victories at the Sarasota Invitational (Mar. 28-29) and Redwood Shores Challenge (Apr. 12-13) ... Rowed with the V8 against Princeton (May 3).

2022-23: Spent the first three races of the spring in the third varsity where he helped that boat to a win against BU ... Moved to the fourth varsity and his boat won against Northeastern ... Moved to the second varsity where his boat won against Dartmouth ... Went back to the third varsity where his boat won against Princeton and took silver at Eastern Sprints.

BEFORE BROWN: Captained the Westminster School Boathouse under coach Josh Butler ... Captured silver with the Great Britain JM8+ at the 2023 U19 World Rowing Championships.

PERSONAL: Chose Brown for the combination of the renowned academics, the friendliness of the people, and the crew team’s ethos of dedication and grit ... Enjoys reading and writing.