Randi Griffin

Griffin was born in the United States to Tom and Liz Griffin. Her mother, Liz, is Korean. Griffin is a native of Apex, North Carolina. Griffin aspired to compete at the Winter Olympics after she watched women's hockey make a debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Her parents decided to let her play ice hockey in Cary, North Carolina and bought her first set of hockey gear. ==Playing career==

NCAA She attended Harvard University and played for the university's women's hockey team. She is a letter winner from 2006 to 2010. Griffin played in 125 career games for Harvard and scored 21 goals and made 18 assists for 39 points. Korean national team She was contacted by the Korea Ice Hockey Association in 2014. The association was looking for players with Korean heritage who could represent South Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She played in exhibition games against Kazakhstan for South Korea in 2015. (the other being scored by Han Soo-jin in the seventh place match against Sweden). Professional On July 11, 2018 Griffin signed her first professional contract, agreeing to join the NWHL's Connecticut Whale. ==References==