College: Played two seasons at the University of Arizona, averaging 15.8points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 70 games (early entry candidate following his sophomore season)...Scored in double figures in 62 of 70 collegiate games...Ranked 25th on the Arizona career scoring list (1,105points) when he left school, becoming just the sixth player in school history to reach the 1,000 point plateau as a sophomore.
2000-01(Sophomore): Appeared in 36 games, averaging 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds,2.3 assists and 1.81 steals in 29.0 minutes...Named Honorable Mention Associated Press All-American and First Team All-Pac-10 Conference...Averaged 16.0 points during NCAA Tournament play, earning Midwest Regional Most Outstanding Player honors while leading Arizona to a spot in the National Championship game...Named NABC All-District 15 First Team, First Team All-America by The Sporting News and Arizona's co-Most Valuable Player by his teammates...Averaged a team-high 18.0 points during conference play...His 69 three-pointers ranked ninth on Arizona'ssingle-season list...Named Pac-10 Player of the Week on 2/19 after averaging 28.5 points and shooting 63.0% (17-27 FG) from the field at UCLA and USC...Scored a career-high 30 points, including 25 in the second half, at UCLA on 2/15...Named Pac-10 Player of the Week on 1/22 after averaging 20.0 points in home victories over USC and UCLA...Set a school record by hitting 6-of-6 three-point shots on 1/11 vs. Washington State, finishing contest with 22 points...Scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half ofthe Regional Final vs. Illinois on 3/25...Posted 10 points and four assists in a losing effort versus Duke in the NCAA Championship game on 4/2.
1999-00 (Freshman): Started 31 of Arizona's 34 games, averaging 15.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists...Named to All-Pac-10 Freshman Team and was an All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention selection...Averaged 16.9 points in Pac-10 play and a team-high 18.5 points during the NCAA Tournament...Led the team in scoring 10 times...Named Most Valuable Player of the Preseason NIT after leading Arizona to the championship...Posted 20 points, five steals and four rebounds in the NIT Championship game victoryover Kentucky.
2001 Summer Pro League: Appeared in six games (four starts) with the Warriors entry in the Southern California Summer Pro League, averaging12.5 points, 4.2 assists, 2.3 rebounds and a team-high 3.83 steals in 32.5 minutes...Broke out in final two contests of summer league, scoring 28 vs.Sacramento (7/16) and 22 points vs. L.A. Lakers (7/17)...Shot 17-for-25(.680 FG%) from the field over the final two games, including 40.0% (2-53FG) from long range and 82.4% (14-17 FT) from the line...His 28-point effort vs. Sacramento was a summer league team high, matching previous efforts by fellow draft choices Troy Murphy and Jason Richardson...Recorded 23 steals, including eight in the summer league opener vs. Memphis (7/10) and six vs. Dallas (7/11).
Personal: Full name is Gilbert J. Arenas...Nickname is "G.A."...Lists his father, Gilbert Arenas, as the person he most admires...Father is an actor who has been in several television commercials...His father also attendedthe University of Miami, where he played halfback on the 1980 Hurricanes football team with Jim Kelly and Otis Anderson...In the offseason, resides in Marina Del Rey and North Hollywood...Plans on returning to college toearn a degree in Family Studies...Would like to become involved in Warriors charities so he can work with kids...Three of his college teammates (Richard Jefferson, Loren Woods, Michael Wright) were also selected in the 2001 NBA Draft...During college, played in a summer basketball league in Venice Beach that featured current NBA players Kobe Bryant, Chris Childs, Don McLean and Tracy Murray...Says he always chose to be Chris Mullin while playing basketball video games growing up because Mullin is the hardest working guy in the NBA...Wears #0 because that was the number of minutes he was told by detractors he would get at the University of Arizona...Enjoys listening to rap and old school R&B music...His favorite artists are Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Marvin Gaye and The Isley Brothers...Has a very extensive movie collection...His greatest personal achievement was being drafted into the NBA...His biggest disappointment is the fact he does not get enough exposure because he is the type of player who does the little things that help the team win...People he would most like to meet are deceased rappers 2Pac Shakur and Biggie Smalls...If he could be anyone for one day it would be Michael Jordan...Favorite television shows are BET's Comic View and The Wayans Brothers...The only NBA arenas he had played in prior to his rookie seasonwere Madison Square Garden, Staples Center and the United Center...Favorite city to visit is Miami...The toughest opponents he everfaced were his Arizona teammates...Basketball move he would pay to learn is Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson's first step...If he was not playing basketball, would like to be the president/spokesman for a national business organization...When he is finished playing basketball, would like to retire and spend time with his family...Idea of relaxing is listening to music...Wears size 13 Nike shoes...Enjoys watching John Travolta and Denzel Washington movies because they are great actors...Favorite actress is Halle Berry...Superstitions include leaving shoes untied during pregame shoot around until the coach begins to speak; he then ties the right onefirst followed by tying the left shoe...While praying before each game, rubs the tip of shoes for good luck...Would like to be known as the type of person who gets along with everyone and is happy just to bealive...Three-time Valley Pac-8 Player of the Year at Grant High School inVan Nuys, CA...Named to the All-Los Angeles City Team three times and earned the Los Angeles Times San Fernando Valley Player of the Year awardas a senior...Finished as leading scorer in school history with 2,124 points...Averaged 33.4 points as a senior, 29.8 ppg as a junior and 22.5 ppg as a sophomore...At age 14, played for an AAU team that reached the Final Four of an 86-team tournament in West Virginia...Prior to the 2001 NBA Draft, worked out in Los Angeles during the summer with Warriors draft picks Troy Murphy and Jason Richardson, as well as Kenny Satterfield, Kiki Vandeweghe and Rick Carlisle.
