B.J. Flores Boxing heavyweight champion He served a full-time mission in Culiacan, Mexico from 1997-1999. He is 25 years old, and undefeated as a heavyweight in the professional ranks with a record of 10-0-1 (7 knock outs). He was the 2001 & 2002 U.S. National...
William Harrison “Jack” Dempsey (1895-1983) Boxing heavyweight champion He had ten brothers and sisters. Jack chose his fighting name saying that he wasn’t a very faithful Mormon. Jack Dempsey was champion from 1919 to 1926 and was known to extend...
Ray Close Boxing super-middleweight champion Ray Close (born January 20, 1969) in Belfast, Northern Ireland fought for most of his career in the Super Middleweight division, ending his career in the Light Heavyweight division. Ray is an active member of the Bangor...
Mitch Nelson Unlike most globe-trotting athletes, this sensational snowboarder has used his hard-earned notoriety to help as many people as humanly possible. An active member of the LDS Church, Nelson has used a combination of public speaking and what he calls...
Jason Murphy Murph grew up with a strong belief that there’s more to life than life itself A belief of the Mormon Church, which has inspired him to do well in all things. After rebelling and distancing himself from the church for some time, he realized life...
Jordan Mendenhall Jordan is one of the most progressive riders on our team. He can destroy rails like no one else, show up and pull 1080s in the Park City pipe, and then hit the backcountry and pull tricks that blow your mind. Option Snow...
Jeremy Jones He was married in the temple, bore his testimony at the death of a fellow pro snowboarder and his new pro model board by Burton has a rendition of Samuel the Lamanite on the wall. He is an active member and quite a good spokesman....
Brandon Bybee Brandon served a mission in Tulsa Brandon Bybee is a rider who has made his mark in videos and the magazines, not through contests. His part in Whitey’s film “Destroyer” scored him his WX invite. Brandon grew up in Farmington, UT,...
Torah Bright Gold Medal Winner New South Wales, Australia, 2010 Australian snowboard team Born and raised in Cooma, an hour’s drive from the NSW snowfields, she turned professional at age of 14. It has been a steep trip to the top, guided by her brother. The...
George Woolf Great Canadian and American jockey of the 1920’s, 30’s and 40’s. The George Woolf award is the most formidable jockey award in the nation. “The Iceman” was a jockey for 19 years during which time he rode 3784 mounts...
Trainer of race horses Childhood friend and business partner of Rex Ellsworth. Served a mission in Colorado. Achieved fame in horse racing when he trained the first California bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Source: Second...
Johnny Longden (1907-2003) Hall of Fame He was born in Yorkshire, England. He was the first to win 6,000 races. He was also the first to ride 4,000 winners. He rode Count Fleet to Triple Crown in 1943. He was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1958. Source: Horse...
Les Hulet Hall Of Fame 1999 His official career began in 1970. Arriving in 1972, He became leading rider at Finger Lakes in 1977 with 158 wins for the year. He won the title again in 1979 with 160 wins, and in 1980 with 149 wins. In 1984, Hulet again led the...
Rex Ellsworth Breeder of race horses Childhood friend and business partner of Meshach Tenney. Served a mission in Africa. Achieved fame in horse racing when his horse, Swaps, became the first California bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Sources: Second...
Wyatt Smith Wyatt is the current National High School Rodeo All-Around Champion and National High School Rodeo Steer Wrestling Champion. He lives in Rexburg, Idaho. He is 18 and has just completed his first year in College Rodeo, attending Central Wyoming College. ...
Dale D. Smith He was inducted in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1995 from Arizona. He is an all-around timed-event cowboy. He won world team roping titles in 1956 and 1957. In 1959, he went to the first National Finals Rodeo in three events: team roping, tie-down...
Raymond Knight Father of Canadian rodeo 1st Stampede in Canada. July 1902 Ray Knight suggested that the cowboys of the surrounding ranches ought to compete against each other and, if they agreed to do so, he would provide the stock. In July of 1902, only two events...
Cody Hancock Professional bull riding world champion World champion bull rider Cody Hancock. The young rodeo star comes from good bloodlines. His father Ray rode bulls in the Turquoise Circuit and has made four trips to the National Senior Pro Rodeo Finals....
Hutch Haslem Haslem, agreed he’s different than the 19-year-old who opted to go on his mission before he set out for college. He wanted to go then, he said, because he worried he might change his mind about it. His mission took him to rural western Oklahoma and...
Lewis Field Lewis Field was the 1987 All Around Cowboy for the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association. 1985 Las Vegas NFR, roughstock sensation Lewis Field of Elk Ridge, Utah, easily captured the world bareback riding title in what became his first of three world all-around...
Nathan Baldwin Tie down roping Baldwin grew up in Iona and Rexburg, Idaho. He served a full-time mission in Costa Rica. He specializes in tie down roping (Formerly called “Calf Roping”). Photo Deseret...
