Wherever Quentin Griffith IV goes, Rutgers-Camden golf success seems to follow.
One of the program’s all-time greats, Griffith helped the Scarlet Raptors capture the North Eastern Athletic Conference championship during both his freshman and senior seasons. He joined the Rutgers-Camden coaching staff during the 2013-14 scholastic year and has since watched the Raptors capture two more NEAC titles, while following in the coaching footsteps of his father Quentin III, who coached the school’s golf program from 1988-1994.
The only Scarlet Raptor to ever capture NEAC Golfer of the Year honors, Griffith earned all-conference recognition during all four seasons of his stellar collegiate career. Three times he was a NEAC First Team golfer, and he was named Rutgers-Camden’s Most Valuable Player as a senior.
During his senior year in 2012-13, Griffith was named the NEAC Golfer of the Year and earned All-Conference First Team honors while leading the Scarlet Raptors to another conference championship. He carded a two-day total of 147 to capture medalist honors at the NEAC Championships April 26-27, including a first-round 3-under-par 69 to tie the Rutgers-Camden record for the best round in program history. That performance earned him honors as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on April 29.
An outstanding student as well, Griffith also captured a berth on the
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Golf Team during the 2013 spring season.
Griffith finished his final collegiate semester with a 79.4 average over 10 rounds, including a two-day total of 164 at the NCAA Championships. He led the Raptors in five of their seven invitationals during the 2013 spring semester, while finishing second on two other occasions. He placed in the top five overall at three invitationals, including his medalist performance at the NEAC Championships. His strong spring finish came on the heels of an outstanding fall 2012 campaign, when he averaged 77.3 over four rounds.
As a junior during the 2011-12 scholastic year, Griffith opened the fall season with a 5-over par 76 to tie for fourth out of 73 golfers at the Swarthmore Invitational on Sept. 19. That performance earned him honors as the NEAC Men’s Golf Co-Student-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 26. Overall, he averaged 79.0 in four rounds during the fall before posting an 83.5 average in 10 rounds during the spring semester. He was the overall medalist out of 25 golfers at the Rutgers-Camden Quad (April 11) and finished the season earning NEAC Third Team honors.
NEAC Golfer of the Year
During his sophomore season he averaged 84.8 over six rounds in the fall and 80.7 during 10 rounds in the spring season, when he earned NEAC First Team honors. He tied teammate Dan Drazen with a round of 78, but lost on a match of cards to finish second overall of 24 golfers at the Eastern Invitational (April 7).
As a freshman, he competed in four rounds during both the fall season (averaging 83.3) and spring campaign (82.0). He led Rutgers-Camden with a two-day total of 158 (78-80) at the NEAC Golf Championships (April 22-23, 2010), tying for second place out of 55 golfers and earning his first NEAC First Team honors. His performance sparked the Raptors to their second straight NEAC title and into the NCAA Division III Golf Championship for the second consecutive year. It also earned Griffith honors as Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week on April 26.
For his career, Griffith compiled a stellar 81.4 average over 52 rounds. He earned NEAC First Team honors in 2010, 2011 and 2013, while adding NEAC Third Team recognition in 2012.
A four-year golf letterman at Camden Catholic High School, Griffith also won two letters in basketball. He was named to the
Courier-Post newspaper’s All-Non-Public First Team in golf as a senior in 2009 and also captured Olympic Conference National Division First Team honors. Academically, he earned First Honors and was a member of the Social Studies Honor Society.
Griffith's Rutgers-Camden statistics
