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...
Travis was selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL draft. He played 10 years with the Falcons before signing a free-agent contract with the 49ers in...
Mormon Newsroom released a statement today that Christopher Jackson will be the featured artist performing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their annual Pioneer Day concerts. Each year the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs a series of concerts in conjunction with...
Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Hamilton star Christopher Jackson will no longer be appearing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their annual Pioneer Day concert series. He will be replaced by Alex Boye, who is popular for his “Africanized”...
April Meservy wasn’t the only LDS musician that was featured at this year’s Olympic Games. Vincent Zhou, the youngest figure skater, performed to the cover “Chasing Cars” arranged by Rob Garner. Rob told the Deseret News, “It’s cool to be...
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,...
Bianca Merkley is a singer and songwriter from Salt Lake City, Utah. Writing music for her is an expression of the life-lessons, the struggles, the victories and the love that she’s experienced. It’s also a way she applies her creativity, meshing different...
Scott & Ryceejo are a music duo based out of Orem, Utah. Scott David Shattuck and Ryceejo Nordstrom Shattuck are husband and wife and enjoy creating fun, contemporary a capella covers together, as well as occasionally producing their own acoustic songs. The couple...
Jason and Jeffery Linford are identical twins, business partners and musicians. In addition to performing music together, the brothers also own a pest control company in Arizona. The Linford Twins appeared on ABC’s The Gong Show in 2017 where they entertained...
After an announcement that American Idol, the popular singing competition show, would be moving to ABC after it’s 15th season on Fox, fans have been eagerly awaiting announcements of where auditions will be held. The show announced that a round of auditions for...
The competition’s getting tight. October 23rd was week 6 for the contestants on Dancing With the Stars, and after elimination, there are only eight couples left. But Lindsey and Mark’s Monday night routine totally awed the judges and the audience with...
On August 24th, 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Gulf Coast. This category 4 hurricane caused massive flooding in several cities throughout Texas and flash flooding in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, leaving thousands homeless. The ‘Diesel Brothers’...
Triple Forte is the name of the 15-year-old singing Mortensen triplets – Joshua, Jared and Karli. The trio is from Gilbert Arizona and enjoying singing together and making music with other artists as well. The three have a YouTube channel where they have posted...
15-year-old Maeva Clery is a singer from the south of France. After experimenting with several different hobbies and interests, Clery realized her real passion was music. Clery has three siblings, but says that it is her mother that introduced her to a wide variety of...
Rob Landes, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, has been playing the violin since he was three years old. He became so good at playing that, according to his website, he performed with the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra on the...
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...
Alea Davis is a 17-year-old high school senior with promising talent and a big dream—she wants to light the world with her music. She was born in Mesa, Arizona, and has been an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since before she can...
Kailee Wright is a fun, bubbly, Mormon Mommy blogger. Her love of family, fashion, and home decor have made her blog terrifically successful. She shares all about her adventures with her family, shopping trips to Target, and her home decor finds and styling. She is...
Monica Scott is an LDS musician and composer. She is primarily a stay-at-home mom of four beautiful children, but has an incredible talent for arranging hymns. When talking about her music, Scott said that her love for arranging hymns comes from a love of soothing...
According to Wikipedia, Jenny Oaks Baker is a “Grammy Nominated American violinist” who began playing the violin at the age of four and began playing orchestra solos when she was eight. She has won many awards throughout her career, including two Pearl...
Jeremy Holm is a bobsled pilot, author, motivational speaker, and graphic and web designer. He is also the former head coach for the United States Adaptive Bobsled Team. He is the author of the books The Champion’s Way and Fire on Ice. Born in Phoenixville,...
Tim Ballard is the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization Operation Underground Railroad (OUR). He recently shared his story about the creation of OUR, and how one mission changed his life and the life of his family forever. Tim Ballard was working as a...
Retired United States Air Force (USAF) veteran, Tech Sergeant Joshua Smith from Spanish Fork, Utah, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often mistakenly referred to as the “Mormon Church”). He is a husband and the father of five. He is also...
Nadia Khristean is a singer, songwriter, public speaker, activist, and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She has written many songs and created music videos with the goal of making a positive difference in the world. Some of the subjects she...
