Jamie Arnold (basketball)

Jamie Arnold (born March 10, 1975) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player. Playing as a power forward, he represented the Israeli national team. In 1998–99, he was the top rebounder in the Israeli Basketball Premier League.

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. In 1998–99, he was the top rebounder in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. His last team was Hapoel Holon of Israel.

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

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 (#1 player rating) 98–99 – Led the Israeli League in rebounding (9.6 rebounds per game) 00–01 – Led the French Pro A League in rebounding (11.3 rebounds per game) 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 0 08-09 he was the NBA 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 (#1 player rating) 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