Clint Arnold

Clint Arnold

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Grand Prairie, Texas

High School:
Cedar Hill High School

Last College:
Arkansas

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 190

Position:
OF

Experience:
1L

B/T:
R/R

Career Honors:
• 2007 First-team All-Mountain West Conference
• 2007 Mountain West Scholar Athlete
• Mountain West All-Tournament Team
• MWC Hitter of the Week (April 16)
• 2005 Freshman All-SEC
• SEC All-Academic Freshman team

Career Numbers:
• Base hit in 105-of-157 contests
• On-base in 120-of-157 games
• 44 multi-hit games
• 15 multiple RBI games

2007 (Junior):
• Played in 59 games, making 56 starts.
• Finished the season with a .326 average, fifth-highest on the squad.
• Had the fourth-most hits on the team with 70, 16 of which went for doubles and four for home runs.
• Drove in 39 runs, 16 of which came with two outs.
• Led the team with 13 stolen bases in 19 attempts.
• Also led the team and ranked first in the conference with 18 hit-by-pitches.
• Ranked third on the team with eight total sacrifices (two sac flies and six sac bunts).
• Posted a slugging percentage of .456 with an on-base percentage of .402.
• Led the team in conference play with a .407 average and 35 base hits.
• Struggled out of the gate as he was hitting just .254 through his first 21 games with nine RBIs.
• Picked up two stolen bases, two base hits and two RBIs against Oral Roberts on Feb. 17.
• Came out of his slump with three straight multi-hit games, all against BYU March 22-24.
• Hit .615 (8-for-13) during the series with four runs and four RBIs.
• Also picked up his first home run of the season on March 23.
• A 1-for-3 performance against Baylor on April 10 spurred a 5-game hit streak that saw him surpass the .300 plateau where he would remain the rest of the season.
• Had a torrid four-game streak in which he totaled 12 hit and 12 RBIs.
• Went 10-for-16 (.625) at UNLV with a pair of three-hit games and a four-hit effort in the series finale.
• Hit two home runs and drove in six runs in the second game of the series on April 14.
• Picked up two more hits and drove in three as the Frogs topped Oklahoma on April 17.
• Finished the season with a seven-game hit streak, beginning with the first game of the MWC Postseason Tournament.
• Homered to lead off the game for the Frogs in the Tournament opener against UNLV.
• Was 4-for-4 as the Frogs came back to defeat BYU in the semifinals on May 25.
• Had a big one-out double in the bottom of ninth to spur the Frogs to their dramatic win in the championship game over the Cougars.
• Picked up four hits in the NCAA Houston Regional.
• Hit .418 with runners in scoring position and .722 with a runner on third and less than two out.

At Arkansas:
• Played two seasons at Arkansas for Head Coach Dave Van Horn.
• Hit .317 as a freshman, finishing with 66 hits, second-most on the squad.
• Tallied 27 RBIs and stole eight bags.
• Hit .291 with three home runs as a sophomore.
• Worked 29 walks in his two years at Arkansas and struck out just 32 times in 342 at-bats.

Cedar Hill High School:
• Was a four-year letterwinner for Head Coach Randy Bush.
• Named all-state as a junior and senior.
• Selected as an all-area player his junior season.
• Earned all-district honors each of his four years.
• Hit .450 in his high school career with six home runs and 100 RBI.

Personal:
• Parents are Bryan and Lori.
• Has a younger sister, Katy.
• Majoring in Communications.

Career Highs:
Hits: 5 vs. Ole Miss 5/22/05
Runs: 3, twice
vs. Vermont 3/2/07
vs. San Diego State 4/29/07
HR: 2 @ UNLV 4/14/07
RBI: 6 @ UNLV 4/14/07
SB: 2, three times
vs. Eastern Illinois 3/13/05
vs. LSU 4/24/05
vs. Oral Roberts 2/17/07
BB: 2, four times
vs. Florida 5/8/07
@ UT-Pan American 2/19/06
@ Oral Roberts 5/2/06
@ Ole Miss 5/14/06
Hitting Streak: 8 games, 4/11-4/23/06