Personal: Graduated in 2007 from Mar Vista High School, lettering four times in both water polo and swimming ... led team to three straight South Bay League and Metro Conference titles ... was named conference MVP and team captain in both water polo and swimming as a senior ... was a 100-yard breaststroke CIF finalist as a senior ... was a member of the NJROTC as well as the Poseidon Academy (marine biology) ... played against current Navy classmate Robert Newman in high school ... Garrett Thomas Griffin ... son of Jeffrey Griffin and Carolyn Meacham ... born Nov. 23, 1989, in Ellsworth, S.D. ... was a Junior Purple Heart recipient (NJROTC) and earned Meritous Achievement Ribbon (NJROTC).

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