2018 Men's Volleyball Roster
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Jersey Number 15
Jake Arnitz
- Position:
- Outside Hitter
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Yorba Linda, Calif.
- High School:
- Esperanza
Bio
2018 — Saw action in 32 matches with 20 starts ... Honorable mention AVCA All-America ... Second-team VolleyMob All-America ... First-team All-MPSF selection ... Had double-digit kills in 14 matches ... Had best of 15 kills in MPSF semifinal win vs. Concordia ... Hit at least .300 in 17 matches ... Finished the 2018 season ranked fourth on all-time school career lists for kills, total points and total attacks.
2017 — Starter in 20 matches ... Led the team with a 3.51 kills per set average ... Improved his hitting percentage to a career-best .386 mark ... Had 13 double digit kill matches, including the last eight matches of the season ... Recorded at least 20 kills in three matches ... Tied his career-high with 21 kills in win at Cal Baptist ...Second-team AVCA All-American ... First-team All-MPSF ... Named MPSF Player of the Week after helping lead Bruins to wins at USC (hit career-best .632) and Cal Baptist (21 kills) ... Finished the season ninth on all-time school career kills list and sixth in total attacks.
2016 — Starter in all 28 matches he played in ... Had a season-best of 21 kills in win vs. CSUN ... Recorded double digit kills in 22 matches ... Led the team in kills in 18 matches ... Ranked sixth in MPSF in kills/set (3.31) ... Had multiple aces in four matches (high of 2) ... Hit over .300 in 14 matches during the season and team went 13-1 in those matches ... All-NCAA Tournament selection after 18-kill effort vs. Ohio State ... Second-team AVCA All-America ... First-team All-MPSF ... MPSF All-Tournament selection ... MPSF Player of the Week (Jan. 31) for his play in wins over CSUN (21k, .421) and Long Beach (17k, .429).
2015 — Saw action as a starter in 26 matches...Had a best of 18 kills in his first collegiate match vs. IPFW at the UCSB Invitational ... Hit for double-digit kills in nine matches ... Had multiple aces in five matches ... Had double-digit digs against Long Beach (10) and Hawai’i (12) ... Had multiple block assists in 11 matches ... Tied a school record (also held by Adam Naeve, 2001) with four straight service aces in a set at USC...Ranked 14th in the MPSF in points/set with 3.38 mark ... Listed 14th in the MPSF in service aces per set (0.30) and tied for 44th in the NCAA ... Named Off the Block Co-Freshman of the Week for his play in home wins over USC and Cal Baptist ... Named to the Off the Block Freshman All-America team ... Selected to the All-Freshman All-MPSF squad.
High School — Lettered four seasons on the varsity team at Esperanza HS for coach Isaac Owens ... Named the nation’s top recruit by Volleyball Magazine ... Won the Div. II CIF Championship in his junior and senior years and the State title in his junior season ... Three-year team captain ... Named Orange County Player of the Year, All-League three times and CIF MVP twice ... 2013 CIF Division 2 Player of the Year.
USA Volleyball — Selected for the Pan Am Cup team in the summer of 2017 ... elected to the U.S. Boy’s Youth National Team in 2013 ... Chosen for the Boy’s Youth National training team in 2012.
Club Volleyball — Played for Balboa Bay ... Named All-Tournament in 2011 and 2012 Junior Olympics ... Earned two silvers and one gold (16U Open Division) at Junior Olympics ... Was a starter on the U19 World Youth Championship team.
Personal — Son of Edward and Rabekah Arnitz ... Has one older sister, Chelsee ... Admires baseball’s Josh Hamilton ... Cousin Tommy Gallarda played football at Boise State and in the NFL ... Enjoys off-roading, wake boarding and dirt biking in his spare time ... Grandfather William Arnitz attended UCLA ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Winter 2018 and Fall 2014 ... Sociology major.
2017 — Starter in 20 matches ... Led the team with a 3.51 kills per set average ... Improved his hitting percentage to a career-best .386 mark ... Had 13 double digit kill matches, including the last eight matches of the season ... Recorded at least 20 kills in three matches ... Tied his career-high with 21 kills in win at Cal Baptist ...Second-team AVCA All-American ... First-team All-MPSF ... Named MPSF Player of the Week after helping lead Bruins to wins at USC (hit career-best .632) and Cal Baptist (21 kills) ... Finished the season ninth on all-time school career kills list and sixth in total attacks.
2016 — Starter in all 28 matches he played in ... Had a season-best of 21 kills in win vs. CSUN ... Recorded double digit kills in 22 matches ... Led the team in kills in 18 matches ... Ranked sixth in MPSF in kills/set (3.31) ... Had multiple aces in four matches (high of 2) ... Hit over .300 in 14 matches during the season and team went 13-1 in those matches ... All-NCAA Tournament selection after 18-kill effort vs. Ohio State ... Second-team AVCA All-America ... First-team All-MPSF ... MPSF All-Tournament selection ... MPSF Player of the Week (Jan. 31) for his play in wins over CSUN (21k, .421) and Long Beach (17k, .429).
2015 — Saw action as a starter in 26 matches...Had a best of 18 kills in his first collegiate match vs. IPFW at the UCSB Invitational ... Hit for double-digit kills in nine matches ... Had multiple aces in five matches ... Had double-digit digs against Long Beach (10) and Hawai’i (12) ... Had multiple block assists in 11 matches ... Tied a school record (also held by Adam Naeve, 2001) with four straight service aces in a set at USC...Ranked 14th in the MPSF in points/set with 3.38 mark ... Listed 14th in the MPSF in service aces per set (0.30) and tied for 44th in the NCAA ... Named Off the Block Co-Freshman of the Week for his play in home wins over USC and Cal Baptist ... Named to the Off the Block Freshman All-America team ... Selected to the All-Freshman All-MPSF squad.
High School — Lettered four seasons on the varsity team at Esperanza HS for coach Isaac Owens ... Named the nation’s top recruit by Volleyball Magazine ... Won the Div. II CIF Championship in his junior and senior years and the State title in his junior season ... Three-year team captain ... Named Orange County Player of the Year, All-League three times and CIF MVP twice ... 2013 CIF Division 2 Player of the Year.
USA Volleyball — Selected for the Pan Am Cup team in the summer of 2017 ... elected to the U.S. Boy’s Youth National Team in 2013 ... Chosen for the Boy’s Youth National training team in 2012.
Club Volleyball — Played for Balboa Bay ... Named All-Tournament in 2011 and 2012 Junior Olympics ... Earned two silvers and one gold (16U Open Division) at Junior Olympics ... Was a starter on the U19 World Youth Championship team.
Personal — Son of Edward and Rabekah Arnitz ... Has one older sister, Chelsee ... Admires baseball’s Josh Hamilton ... Cousin Tommy Gallarda played football at Boise State and in the NFL ... Enjoys off-roading, wake boarding and dirt biking in his spare time ... Grandfather William Arnitz attended UCLA ... Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in Winter 2018 and Fall 2014 ... Sociology major.
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