Samantha Arnold named to Illinois AP All-State First Team

A hat tip to poster windows4 from umgoblue.com for posting this:

Joining Boothe on the Class 4A first team are seniors Teandrea Smith of East St. Louis, Anya Covington of Edwardsville, Ellen Ayoub of Buffalo Grove and junior Samantha Arnold of Roselle Lake Park.

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Arnold is a 6-4 guard/forward who averaged 22.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and three blocks per game while shooting 83 percent from the free-throw line. She has verbally committed to Michigan.

Windows4 also posted were links to a couple of articles about Arnold. The first is about her being named to the all-area team. The second is a profile of her:

She's a 6-foot-4 girl who can shoot from 3-point range.

In fact Arnold is more at home on the perimeter. Though this season she played inside and scored more around the basket than ever, she still made 52 3-pointers while shooting 46 percent from the field.

"When she's on, it's nothing but net," Glenbard West coach Mike Hofland said. "Once she gets going, she's got all the confidence in the world and she'll change the game right way. If you don't change your game plan, she'll kill you single-handedly.

"You can't give her an inch because she's got such a quick release. From what I've read she's more comfortable playing outside, but she did a great job on the boards for them and she looked very comfortable inside. She's just an all-around great player."

It sounds like we've got a great addition to the team.