Anchor He won a full baseball scholarship to Brigham Young University where for a time they were the number one team in the nation. He was drafted three different times as a catcher, before signing a contract with the Detroit Tigers. After three years, the Tigers...
Defensive tackle Pittsburg Steelers He was born in Long Beach, California. He played college football for Brigham Young University where he was vote the most valuable defensive player. He signed as a free agent to the Steelers in 2001, and he has been renewed each...
Head of the US Bureau of Indian Affairs Larry EchoHawk an attorney and legal scholar. EchoHawk joined the administration of U.S. President He became the head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. He served as Attorney General of Idaho from 1991 to...
Jonathan C. Coon President, 1-800-Contacts CEO of 1-800-Contacts, started a company in his dorm room because he’d had enough of working with fast food. As the world’s largest contact lens store, 1-800 CONTACTS is dedicated to providing customers with a simple,...
Dr. Norman Tolk physicist A graduate of Harvard University, with a PhD from Columbia University, he is a world-renowned physicist. He was a recipient of the Humboldt award, which is one of the highest international recognitions for physicists. He has spoken and...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, the storm surge that heavily hit the shores of Florida, various areas were left in desolation, leaving many residents in dire need of emergency assistance. After learning about the devastation, 21 young men and women, all...
Jabari Parker, the 17-year-old basketball sensation from Chicago verbally committed to play basketball for Duke University on Thursday, 20 December 2012, during a press conference that was held at the school he attends, Simeon Career Academy. He intends to be a...
He attended Ricks College and BYU. In 1986 he won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s outstanding collegiate lineman. In 1987, he was chosen by the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the NFL draft. In 1989, Cincinnati went to Super Bowl XXIII (23). In 1991,...
William T. Tukuafu is a fullback and defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2010 Tukuafu was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from East High School, attended Scottsdale Community College...
Stilman White is a champion college basketball player who has chosen to interrupt his education and athletic prowess at the University of North Carolina to serve a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often mistakenly called the...
Clarence Burgess Owens born August 2,1951 in Columbus, Ohio was a safety who played ten seasons in the NFL for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders. He was a part of the Raiders Super Bowl XV winning team. 1st Team All-American Defensive Back Hall of Fame...
As the “Mormon moment” extends into 2012, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life today released a groundbreaking new survey, the first ever published by a non-LDS research organization to focus exclusively on members of The Church of Jesus...
Garn was chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and served on three subcommittees: Housing and Urban Affairs, Financial Institutions, and International Finance and Monetary Policy. He also was a member of the Senate Appropriations...
D Wayne Sermon Guitarist for Imagine Dragons are an American indie rock band based in Las Vegas. Sermon told the Deseret news “Our music doesn’t follow the familiar pattern for hard rock, heavy metal or even pop rock. Sermon says the band feels free to...
Chicago Bears Gabriel “Gabe” Reid born in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Gabe is a a former tight end for the Chicago Bears. He was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Brigham Young University. Reid played high school football for Leone High School in...
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has announced its guests for the 2012 Christmas Concert. Tom Brokaw will provide the narration and Alfie Bow will be the featured soloist. This concert is held each year, three times. Tickets to the dress rehearsal and to the performances...
Paralympics 2004 Greece 2000 Sydney A Relief Society president of the Urbana University Ward Champaign Illinois Stake at the time of the Olympics from Illinois, American wheelchair track athlete Miriam Nibley competed in the 100-meter, 800-meter and marathon races in...
offensive lineman San Francisco 49er’s New York Giants From Albany, Georgia. He first went to BYU in 1977. He served in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission. In 1980, he was back at BYU, protecting Jim McMahon. In 1983, he earned his accounting degree from...
Theresa Marie Hunter Pitts from Kalispell, Montana, has been dubbed such titles as “the Super Mom,” or “the Flying Mom,” or as “the fastest mom in the world” and rightfully so. On 9 July 2017, in Missoula, Montana, running her first Marathon, she and her little team:...
Taysom Hill is an NFL quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. He played football in college while attending Brigham Young University. While attending high school in Pocatello, Idaho, Hill was a letterman in football, basketball and track. He earned the All-Idaho Player...
Any parent could, and would, probably tell you that toddlers can be a mischievous at times. There are toddlers who throw temper tantrums in the store when they cannot have their way. There are toddlers who like to see how many things they can flush down the toilet –...
On May 23, 2013, the New York Times published an article called, “When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, it Goes to Mormon Country.” Online, the article is five pages. It deals with the Brigham Young University animation program, which consistently feeds talent into...
Rick Aguilera (Richard Warren Aguilera) is an American pro baseball player who played from 1985 to 2000 as a pitcher for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. He went to high school in California and was drafted by the St. Louis...
