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Mimi Griffin (née Senkowski; born 1956 or 1957)

Early life and education
Mimi Senkowski lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with five siblings after her 1950s birth. She began playing basketball during the early 1960s. Senkowki was a theatre director while at Lancaster Catholic High School. While participating in athletics, she received an "outstanding player" award in 1972. From 1973 to 1974, she received Most Valuable Player Awards in athletics twice and basketball once.

During February 1974, Senkowski was one of "the first two high school girls to score 1,000 points ... in Lancaster County." The following month, she had a knee injury while on Lancaster Catholic's basketball team. Her team also won the Class AAA division held by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association in 1974. After leaving Lancaster that year, Senkowski had 1,168 points. She was in the top 15 for most points scored at Lancaster Catholic in girls basketball during the late 2010s.

In the mid-1970s, Senkowski attended an accounting program at the University of Delaware and was on their basketball team. While at Delaware in 1975, she planned to participate at trials for a spot on the United States women's Pan American Games basketball team. By the beginning of 1976, Senkowski left Delaware and continued her basketball experience at the University of Pittsburgh. Senkowski and her team played at the 1977 Eastern Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Tournament and were quarter-finalists. After accumulating her 624th point during January 1978, she was "the second leading career scorer in Pittsburgh women's basketball history." The following year, she completed additional post-secondary studies at Lehigh University.

Basketball
During the late 1970s, Senkowski played basketball with the Allentown Crestettes. She also worked with Lehigh as an assistant coach during this time period. In 1980, her Lehigh position ended. That year, Senkowski joined Manufacturers Hanover Trust and remained there until 1982. While there, she advertised the Women's Christmas Classic with her project director position.

Golf
By the early 1980s, Senkowski had worked on the Westchester Classic while working for Manufacturers Hanover.

Awards and honors
Griffin was given the Mel Greenberg Media Award by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association in 1994. She also received the Naismith Outstanding Contributor to Women’s Basketball Award from the Atlanta Tipoff Club in 2018. As part of the Athletic Hall of Honor, Griffin was selected by Lancaster Catholic High School in 2000. She was later inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.