Don Walser Don Walser is living proof that dreams can come true. Raised on classic country in Lamesa in far West Texas, he started out singing in honky-tonks as a teen, visions of the Grand Ole Opry no doubt in his head. For more than four decades, the devoutly Mormon...
Utah native, Jesse Wade, an LDS returned missionary is a freshman guard for the Gonzaga Bulldogs (#10) at Gonzaga University, a private Roman Catholic university in Spokane, Washington. One of the things that causes Jesse to stick out at the school is the fact that he...
Tracy Kennick is a news anchor in Southeast Texas on KBMT Channel 12 News She went on to graduate from Brigham Young University as an honors student with a major in broadcast communication and a minor in political science. She then worked for KSL Television in Salt...
Madilyn Paige became famous for competing in the NBC television show The Voice, of the sixth season. Since her time on the show, she has released her own EP and singles and gained a solid fan base. Paige, who is from Utah, auditioned for the singing competition show...
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons was formed in 2008 and got its real first start when the band won BYU’s 2008 “Battle of the Bands” competition. That same year, the band also won the “Utah Valley University’s Got Talent” competition....
In a recent music video release, violinist Jenny Oaks Baker performed Beethoven’s classic “Ode to Joy” in Vienna, where the song was originally composed. “Ode to Joy” was composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and is the final movement in his...
(1948-1995) The 6-foot-11-inch Cosic played center for B.Y.U. from 1971 to 1973, earning all-Western Athletic Conference selection each season and pacing B.Y.U. to two conference titles. He averaged 19.1 points a game. After leaving B.Y.U., he was drafted for pro...
Timothy Ballard is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Brigham Young University (BYU) alumnus, and a best-selling author who shares a passion for American history in his books such as The Lincoln Hypothesis and The Washington Hypothesis. His...
Sherry Ann Miller Author of the award-winning Gift Series (five-book set can be read out of sequence and has won two first place awards, one third place award, and two fourth place awards in national competitions) and Warwick Saga (a 2-book set of historical fiction...
Janet Kay Jensen Janet Kay Jensen is an award-winning author of Don�t You Marry the Mormon Boys (Bonneville Books, Cedar Fort Press, 2007) and co-author of The Book Lover’s Cookbook, Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature and the Passages That...
At the tender age of 14, Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped, abused, and held captive for nine months. She now uses her personal experiences to champion change and to help victims recover from abuse. In 2016, she spoke out about the commonly used lessons about chastity in...
Erin Klingler The author of the novel, Love Beyond Tomorrow. It’s a story about love, about staying true to oneself, about having the courage to love and trust, and knowing which paths of life to follow. Its themes are of interest to young women and women...
Ireland Belfast Northern Ireland Stake Jason is legally blind, 100-meter sprint Reigning T13 100m and 200m Paralympic champion and world record holder Jason Smyth competes in both Paralympic and able body athletics. He was the first Paralympian to compete at a...
Ruth V. Watkins is about to make history. On Thursday, 18 January 2018, the Utah State Board of Regents unanimously voted her as the 16th president of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. Not only will she begin her presidency in the spring, but she also...
Barbara Gonçalves has severe cerebral palsy, a condition that affects the ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Her younger sister, Bruna, a student graduating with a bachelor’s degree in special education from Brigham Young University (BYU), discovered...
Marcia Lynn McClure Marcia spins her tales of love, life and laughter adventures woven around those compelling, romantic instances that most appeal to a woman’s loving heart. Marcia feels that if her readers close one of her books with a contented sigh and a...
Jeff Lindsay Jeff is a registered US Patent Agent and a leading expert in Intellectual Asset law and strategy. Jeff was one of the most prolific inventors in Kimberly-Clark’s company history with 101 granted US patents and more pending. After becoming the...
Donny Osmond Donny Osmond was one of the quintessential teen idols of the 1970s, with perhaps the longest run on the covers of the teen magazines of any idol. He did several albums with his sister Marie, and they have done two television shows together. From...
Lagi played his junior football in Ipswich, Queensland, playing rugby union, before being signed by the St. George Illawarra Dragons. He played for the Dragons’ Premier League reserve-grade team in 2006. In Round 2 of the 2007 NRL season he made his NRL debut...
If you were to ask members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to name the witnesses to the Book of Mormon, the answer would probably be the names of the men who are most commonly known – Oliver Cowdery, Martin Harris, and David Whitmer – the “Three...
Last January, Ashley Hatch was the second player picked in the 2017 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft after playing as a start player for Brigham Young University for four years. Hatch was understandably nervous about the massive change that would be...
Ellen Wheeler Ellen Wheeler is a Mormon born in Hollywood but raised in Cedar City, Utah. She’s been a member of the church all her life. Currently living with her husband and children in New York. In 1986 she won the Daytime Award Emmy for...
The Piano Guys are an internet sensation that has moved into the traditional realm. An upcoming concert in the Philadelphia area sold out in a matter of just days despite being held outside the city. It’s not often that classical music leads to sold out concert halls,...
