UPDATED September 27, 2024
Ben Griskie retired from football in the fall of 2024 due to an injury and served as a student assistant coach helping with the defensive line during the 2024 season.
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WSU Student-Athlete Bio
Career Note:Â Played in three contests to earn first WSU letter in 2023 ...
link to career statistics.
2024:Â Switched to No. 59 before suffering career-ending injury.
2023: 2023-24 recipient of the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... transferred to Wayne State in January of 2023 ... made WSU debut as a back-up defensive tackle vs. Michigan Tech ... also saw limited playing time against Davenport and at Northern Michigan ... wore No. 94 ...
Game-By-Game Statistics.
2022:Â
Played in six games for Lake Erie College ... recorded an interception against Hillsdale in collegiate debut ... notched a season-best four tackles (3-1) vs. Ohio Dominican ... tallied three tackles (2-1) vs. McKendree.
High School: A 2022 graduate of Lutheran North High School ... was a three-year letterwinner and team captain for the Mustangs and coach Garrett Wenzelburger ... selected to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association (MHSFCA) Division 5 All-State First Team on the defensive line ... earned 2021
Detroit Free Press All-East Honorable Mention accolades ... garnered First Team All-County, All-Region, All-Catholic, and All-League recognition ... helped LNHS to three state playoff appearances ... also competed in track and field in 2021 and 2022 (shot put and discus) ... notched a career-best toss of 41-11.5 in the shot put at the 2021 Macomb County Championship to finish sixth ... posted a career-best throw of 93-10 for the discus in 2021 vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard ... member of the Academic Honor Roll.
Personal: Full name -- Benjamin M. Griskie ... born on February 11, 2004, in Macomb, Mich. ... son of Mike and Laura Griskie ... has a older brother, Jackson, and a younger sister, Lily ...
Jackson was a member of the WSU football team in 2019 and 2020 ... grandfather Tom Bomberski was a three-year Tartar letterwinner, and co-captain of the 1970 WSU football team ... is majoring in Global Supply Chain Management ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Winter 2023.
