Jamie Arnold (basketball)


Jamie Arnold is a retired American-Israeli professional basketball player. He had an unusual international career, playing as a power forward and representing the senior Israeli national basketball team.

High school

Arnold played high school basketball at Oak Park High School, in Michigan.

College career

Arnold played college basketball at Wichita State University, with the Wichita State Shockers.

Professional career

Arnold played with seven European club teams, starting in Belgium in 1997, and playing until 2011. His last team was Hapoel Holon of Israel.

Coaching career

In 2014, Arnold started as the Varsity boys basketball head coach, along with Junior Varsity coaches Michael Williams and Michael Williams Junior at The Jean and Samuel Frankel Jewish Academy of Metropolitan Detroit.

Awards and achievements

Team

02–03 – Won the Slovenian National League Championship
02–03 – EuroCup finalist
05–06 – Won the Israeli National League Championship
05–06 – Won the Israeli National Cup
05–06 – EuroLeague finalist
06–07 – Won the Israeli National League Championship
07–08 - Won the Israeli National Cup
09–10 - Italian League finalist

Individual

98–99 – Led the Israeli League in total player evaluation
98–99 – Led the Israeli League in rebounding
00–01 – Led the French Pro A League in rebounding
00–01 – Named French Pro A – Most Complete Player Award
02–03 – Played in the Slovenian League All Star Game
02–03 – Named the Slovenian League All Star Game MVP
02–03 – Named the best player not in the EuroLeague, by the website Eurobasket.com
03–04 – Named EuroCup Week-5 MVP
06–07 – Named EuroLeague Week-16 MVP
07–08 – Named EuroCup Week-3 MVP
07–08 – Named EuroCup Week-4 MVP
07–08 – Named Israeli Cup MVP
07–08 – Named Israeli 1st Team "Starting Five"
07–08 – Led the Israeli League in total evaluation
07–08 – Led the Israeli League in field goal percentage
09–10 – Named Greek League MVP Week-3

09–10 – Named Greek League MVP of November
09–10 – Named MVP of the Italian League playoffs game one, in the second round, vs. JuveCaserta Basket, for Olimpia Milano, making all 8 field goal attempts