Samantha Arnold, a 6-4 junior out of Chicago and former AAU teammate of Veronica Hicks verballed to Coach Borseth earlier today.

That's fantastic! I was just going to post her profile from Hoopgurlz as a prospect who had interest in U-M. And welcome. I enjoy all of your info on ChicagoSports.com. Is Samantha with your Hoops Express team?

http://209.160.34.124/player/samantha-arnold

http://209.160.34.124/story/tall-ball

http://209.160.34.124/story/scheer-talent

http://www.core1training.com/1116_2_07_article.html
(Roselle Press)

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What opponents don’t want to hear is that 6-foot-4 junior Sam Arnold looks even better than she did her sophomore year — during which she averaged team bests in scoring (18.6, more than double her average her freshman year), rebounding (6.6), free-throw shooting (79.9 percent) and used her perimeter-shooting prowess to be one of the final four competitors in the Class AA Three-Point Showdown this past February.

“Sam has definitely taken it to another level — she’s stronger, smarter, more versatile, more of a leader,” Smith said. “She’s also more confident. She needed to believe in herself last year.”

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She's already hit the 1,000 point mark just a couple of weeks into her junior season -

http://www.core1training.com/113007_article.html
(Daily Herald)

That is awesome news! The Chicago area has been quite kind to the team in recent years (Queen & Hicks). Do you have any other players on your team that are looking at UM?

Excellent news.

Arnold does play for Chicago Hoops Express. At this time Borseth is not recruiting any other members of Chicago Hoops Express. Arnold has the potential to be an all-conference type of Big 10 player.

Anyway, here are her stats to date as of Friday's Daily Herald - 22.1 ppg (leader in DuPage County), 9 rpg, 86 % Free Throw (leader in DuPage County), 1.5 3-pointers per game and 5 blocked shots per game to date. As far as awards and stuff goes. . .

All conference Sophomore, and Hon Men Freshman - Upstate Eight Conference.
Daily Herald All Area - Sophomore
IHSA - 4th Team All State - Sophomore
3rd place IHSA 3 point contest - Sophomore
Daily Herald Player of the Week - Sophomore & Junior
Academic all conference both years. 4.0/4.0 GPA
Team MVP - sophomore

HoopGurlz picks up the story:
http://209.160.34.124/node/3803

Samantha Arnold pumped in 36 points last night and 33 points the game before. Below are a couple of feature articles on Sam.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=121073&src=290

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=120188&src=290

Here is a WBBM radio interview, if you're interested. Click on the first arrow under Sam's name to hear it.

http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/128617.php?

Thanks so much for keeping us updated.

this is great! looks like Michigan is getting some solid prospects to keep the rebuilding momentum going!!!

with the improvement this season, and the academic greatness of Michigan, i see VERY great things happening in the near future.

Samantha Arnold - First Team 4A Associated Press Illinois First Team All State

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=143819&src=290
 
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=143397&src=290

I currently attend Lake Park High School and I am a big Michigan fan. I stumbled across this site and hopefully I can give you some scouting reports next season. I did not catch much of Samantha this year as I was involved with my own winter sports.

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I currently attend Lake Park High School and I am a big Michigan fan. I stumbled across this site and hopefully I can give you some scouting reports next season. I did not catch much of Samantha this year as I was involved with my own winter sports.

Welcome.  I'm always glad to read about Michigan recruits (and prospective recruits).  Mzonefan does a great job of finding & posting updates, but first hand accounts are great too.

Hoopgurlz evaluated Samantha during last week's crazy spring showcase/tournament weekend:
http://hoopgurlz.com/story/adidas-super-south-tip-sheet-i
 

Samantha Arnold, Chicago Hoops Express I (Lake Park HS, Ill.), looked like a top 100 player this weekend. The 6-4 forward who has verbally committed to Michigan is not a bruising interior post but her footwork is impeccable and her touch with both hands around the basket makes her a handful. Her mid-range game was equally as impressive.

 
 

Samantha at the Nike Skills Academy - report from Hoopgurlz (see full story for photo)
http://hoopgurlz.com/story/nike-rsa-indy-part-i
 
 

  
Samantha Arnold (Medinah, Ill./Lake Park) has played most of her career on the perimeter but at 6-foot-4 she needs to keep advancing her interior game for the next level. She bounced between the guards and posts for drill work to get a taste of everything. She played hard and the area for improvement is simply playing a more physical style when she does get inside. She’s not a weak kid at all and learning to get leverage and play with contact will also help her on the perimeter. Her footwork is sound, she can make plays passing the ball, her face-up game from the mid-post is outstanding but when going one-on-one against players her size she has to get comfortable taking it right at the defense and reading their movement.

Hoopgurlz/ESPN rankings have Samantha Arnold listed at #47 in the class of 2009
 
click on this link -- http://www.hoopgurlz.com/story/big-bang-rankings -- then look for the link in the article that says -- Click here for the complete, revised ESPN HoopGurlz Super 60.
 
Arnold's 2007/2008 season accomplishments below --
 
23.8 PPG

Arnold is #49 in the recent HoopGurlz/ESPN top 100 for 2009:
 
http://209.160.34.124/node/4578