Former first-team All-Pac-10 forward Maxwell Griffin signed a one-year deal with the Austin Aztex, with the club option for the next two years. Griffin, brother of Aztex defender Leonard Griffin, finished his Bruins career as the two-time reigning team Offensive MVP and leading goal scorer.

In his senior year, Griffin racked up a litany of accolades, including his selection to the All-Pac-10 team. He was named an NSCAA All-Far West selection, Soccer America’s National Player of the Week on September 4 after scoring both goals in a conference-clinching clash against Stanford, nominated for the prestigious Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and led the team with four game-winning goals, moving him up to sixth all-time in the UCLA record books in that category.

As an underclassman, the Palmdale, Calif., native was named All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention as a junior, named consensus National Player of the Week as a sophomore and scored a goal in each of his first two contests as a freshman.

Griffin netted 28 goals overall in his career, increasing his total in each of the four seasons in Westwood. The sociology major is also one of just 18 players to tally a hat trick for UCLA in its 43-year history.

Corner Kick with Maxwell Griffin
1.    If you could dine with any three people in history, they would be…Martin Luther King, Michael Foucault, Sigmund Freud
2.    What’s your favorite song to listen to before a game? “Let the Beat Build” by Lil Wayne
3.    Who are the best/worst dressed players on the team? Kevin/Leonard (ha!)
4.    What profession would you be in if you weren’t playing soccer? Aerospace Engineer
5.    How did you pick your number/what significance does it have to you? Eleven was the first number I got when I started playing club soccer as a kid. I’ve kept it since then.
6.    Is there anything interesting about you that not a lot of people know? I play piano