Michael Arnold
| Michael Arnold | |
| Noted subjects | philosophy, assorted humanities |
| Current college | Columbia (2011-present) |
| Past colleges | Chicago (2007-2010) |
| High school | Niwot, Colorado |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Michael Arnold was a player at the University of Chicago. He frequently goes by "marnold" or variants thereof like "marhola" (originated by Kevin Olmstead and his illegible handwriting).
Academic
Michael has been a member of some tournament-winning teams.
In 2006-2007, Michael was part of an Andrew Yaphe-led team at ELVIS.
In 2007-2008, he was on the team that won ACF Fall in 2007. He won the award for top Div II scorer at 2008 ACF Nationals.
In the 2008-2009 season, he was part of Chicago A's championship team at 2009 ACF Nationals as well as regular season victories at ACF Winter, Penn Bowl, TIT, and Cardinal Classic.
In 2009-2010, he again regularly played on Chicago A, winning some regular season tournaments, finishing second at 2010 ICT and third at 2010 ACF Nationals. He was Chicago team president from 2009-2010, having been vice-president from 2007-2009.
After matriculating to Columbia Law School, Michael was the top scorer at the 2011 Region 2 SCT, leading Columbia to what some think is the school's first ever academic tournament victory. At 2012 ACF Nationals, Columbia finished T-10th, their best finish ever.
Trash
In 2008-2009, he was on Stone Cold Peter Austin, the third place team at 2009 Trashionals.
In 2009-2010, he joined Mike Cheyne, Rob Carson and David Seal on the winning team of the inaugural CULT.
He was a contributing writer for the Chicago Open Trash Tournament in 2008 and 2009 and was the primary writer for the tournament in 2010.