Purcell has represented New Zealand through the age groups, but this is her first tour with the Tall Ferns. She attended Hutchinson Community College (where younger sister Hayley currently plays) before transferring to Southeast Missouri State University, helping them...
Gordon Jump Alexander Gordon Jump April 1, 1932 – September 22, 2003 Gordon is best known as the clueless radio station manager Arthur “Big Guy” Carlson in the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and the incompetent “Chief of Police Tinkler” in...
*This article was written by guest author, Preston Lee. “What are you going to be when you grow up?” It’s a question that kids struggle to answer all the time. For Susie Bulloch, she would have needed a crystal ball to even stand a chance at guessing what her career...
New Zealand women’s basketball team. Wharemate is a former NZ age group representative who spent a very successful college stint with the University of Texas El Paso, where she set a career record for assists. She was Best Defensive Player in the 2001 WNBL and made...
Cedar Breaks Band describes their music as “New Age Folk,” but fans of any genre can find something to enjoy in the release of the music video for their song, “Ayre.” “Ayre” won awards at the 2017 Utah Music Festival and shows a...
Chargers A workout fanatic, Smith trains in San Diego with a personal trainer, along with the team’s strength and conditioning staff. While playing in San Francisco, Smith had the 49ers’ strength coach help him design a replica of the 49ers weight room in the garage...
Vocal Point “The Sing-Off” (NBC) Season: Season 3, 2011 Result: 5th place All members of the group are returned missionaries. They are fluent in seven different languages. They won second place at the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella in...
Amy Adams Amy Adams, who grew up in a Mormon household in Castle Rock, Colo., the middle child of seven. Amy Adams was raised Mormon until she was 11, when her parents divorced. She never practiced after that. She thinks her sunny disposition may have emerged from...
New Zealand women’s basketball team. Purcell made her Tall Fern debut in 2001 against Australia. She was also NZ U23 MVP that year, but did not return to the national team until 2005, when she was recalled for the Oceania Championships against the Opals. Purcell...
He represented his home country, Tonga, in international rugby 12 times – including in the 1999 Rugby World Cup against the All Blacks. Since moving to Solihull with his family he has played professionally for Leeds and Birmingham/Solihull and still plays rugby...
Radio Announcer AJ Maguire is a radio announcer in Fort Wayne, IN http://www.us933.us/ AJ’s family joined the church in 1991. He met his wife Kristy on an LDS dating web-site and they were married in the Salt Lake City temple in 2004. His career has stretched...
Annie was a junior at Oklahoma State University in 2003-2004 In 2002, which was the year when her golf reached a new height, she became the first female from Utah to capture a USGA championship when she won the Women’s Amateur Public Links title....
Dan Truman Dan Truman is the keyboard/piano player for the band, Diamond Rio. Dan is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes casually called the Mormon Church. Dan was educated at Brigham Young University and continued classical piano...
USA Paul s from of Ann Arbor, Mich.,Wheelchair Basketball was also on the 2000 team in Sydney and has competed in the 2008 games Paul Schulte is no stranger to playing a major role for the U.S. Men’s Wheelchair Basketball National Team. A captain for the silver...
Stanley came close to earning the dubious honor of “Mr. Irrelevant” – the last player chosen in the draft. He was taken by the Philadelphia Eagles as the 37th pick in the 7th round (240th overall). Like Fua, also struggled with the mission vs. play football decision,...
Moroni Olsen June 27, 1889 – November 22, 1954 Moroni Olsen was born in Ogden, Utah to Mormon parents who named him after the prophet Moroni. After having worked on Broadway he made his film debut in a 1935 adaptation of The Three Musketeers. He later played a...
The Lowe Family The Lowe Family has been entertaining hundreds of thousands around the world for over 25 years. All of the Lowe siblings began studying and performing the music of the masters from very young ages. Soon additional instruments, dance classes, and vocal...
SHAYTARDS Shay and Collete Butler and children (oh and their dog their dog’s name is Malachi), family life isn’t veery private. For years the Butler family has been known to the world as the “Shaytards” on YouTube with more than 1 million...
Mitch Davis is the LDS film director who brought the book, The Other Side of Heaven, to the big screen. The story is about emeritus general authority, Elder John H. Groberg, and his mission to Tonga at the age of 19. Davis believes that the key to making a good film...
Australia Canberra Australia Stake At the age of eight Todd Hodgetts was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. 16 years later the Canberra-based athlete is a world record holder in shot put with his sights set on the 2012 London Paralympics. Hodgetts threw 15.54 meters...
The mayor of Wadsworth, a city in Medina County, Ohio, Robin L. Laubaugh is well-known for her dynamic leadership roles and community service on countless projects. However, she proclaims that the accomplishment that she is proudest of is raising her four children –...
Jared Halley is a talented LDS musician who recently released a new music video on his YouTube channel that showcases his a capella skills in an arrangement of Elton John’s hits. The fun video was released on June 13, 2017 and features Halley is a dapper suit...
GENTRI, the popular LDS tenor trio, released a new music video covering The Beatles’ famous “Let It Be.” Their version is a more classical, polished take on the classic song that features the gentlemen in suits, singing in a church to the simple...
In his latest video, Stuart Edge tries to determine whether the same magic tricks that makes humans happy has the same affect on man’s best friend. During the video, titled “Magic for Dogs,” Edge visits a dog shelter to try out some of his magic...
