Arnold, Jackie

COACH ARNOLD REACHED THE PINNACLE OF HIS 25 YEAR COACHING CAREER BY CAPTURING THE 1996 ASA "A" NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA WITH REECE MONUMENT/TS.

MANY SOFTBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS LED UP TO HIS TOP PRIZE IN 1996 INCLUDING HIS FIRST OF SEVERAL KENTUCKY BASED TITLES AS PLAYER/COACH OF THE 1978 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, WASHINGTON COUNTY MERCHANTS. HE ADDED ANOTHER DISTRICT AND REGIONAL TITLE IN 1980 AND WON THE FIRST OF THREE KENTUCKY ASA "A" STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 1988, AGAIN AS THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MERCHANTS/TPS. HIS OTHER TWO CAME IN 1990 AND 1995.

BESIDES HIS POST-SEASON SUCCESS, COACH ARNOLD WON NUMEROUS ELITE ASA TOURNAMENTS THROUGHOUT THE BLUEGRASS INCLUDING THE LIT (1990). HALL OF FAME SERIES (1992), LAKE CUMBERLAND CLASSIC (1995 AND 1996). AND THE DANIEL BOONE (1995 AND 1999). A MOMENT TO REMEMBER CAME FOR JACKIE WHEN HE UPSET THE NATION'S #1 SUPER TEAM. SUPERIOR APOLLO, OPENING NIGHT IN 1990 AT THE SMOKY MOUNTAIN CLASSIC.

WITH A MOUNTAIN OF OTHER TOP 10 KENTUCKY FINISHES, ALONG WITH HIS NATIONAL AND KENTUCKY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, JACKIE ARNOLD HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE GREATEST ALL-TIME MANAGERS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

TEAMS HE HAS BEEN A PART OF-THE SPRINGFIELD MERCHANTS, WASHINGTON COUNTY MERCHANTS, REECE MONUMENT/TPS, ELZA CONSTRUCTION/WORTH, THOMPSON REALTORS/MERCHANTS, AND REECE/MIKEN/MERCHANTS.