Wanting to minimize the risk of getting injured while considering overseas options, 30-year-old guard Jimmer Fredette has left the Golden State Warriors’ summer-league team after playing only two games in the California Classic in Sacramento, California. According to...
According to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic, 30-year-old Jimmer Fredette, the former BYU shooting guard and first-round NBA draft pick that took the nation by storm nearly a decade ago, signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, 21...
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...
Jude Stamper, a 12-year-old Mormon from Monroe, Michigan, was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex-Congenita, a disorder in which joints are not formed correctly and cannot bend normally. He loves sports; however, he is confined to a wheelchair with limited mobility....
Remember Jimmer Fredette? In case you’ve forgotten, he was drafted 10th overall by the NBA in 2011 after his success on the BYU basketball team, and he was famous for his three-pointer shots. While he currently is not playing for the NBA, he is finding ways to...
King Sisters King Family One of the big band era’s most popular and enduring vocal groups, the King Sisters — Donna, Yvonne, Luise and Alyce — were born and raised in Salt Lake City, UT. Taking their stage name from their father, vocal trainer Daddy...
Shawn Bradley is from a small town in Utah called Castle Dale and is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He played only one season in college at Brigham Young University before serving a mission in Australia. When he got home, he was drafted...
Duke University University of Utah He is aware that, as a member of one of the best college teams in the country, he is a role model. “I think my mission is mainly playing basketball and speaking for the church,” he says. “I am a missionary every...
Pheonix Suns During the late ’80s and early ’90s, he was were the driving force behind the Phoenix Suns’ high-octane offense. Over the course of five seasons, he guided the Suns to three Western Conference Finals appearances and one trip to the NBA...
(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...
He played at Brigham Young University and in 1984 he was named District 7 Player of the Year and a consensus All-American. He was also an Academic All-American twice. In 1984, Durrant was chosen by the Indiana Pacers as the 25th pick in the NBA Draft. He played a...
Hansen first played college basketball near his hometown of Orem, Utah at Utah Valley State Collage from 1996-1997. After serving as a Mormon Missionary in Santiago, Chile for two years, he played basketball at Brigham Young University for three seasons, from...
Cincinnati One of the most renowned players in University of Kentucky history. He was a guard and the high point man in 1958 when they won the NCAA championship Drafted #10 overall in the 2nd round of the 1958 NBA draft by...
Heap was a standout basketball player at St. Johns High School, at Arizona State University (1942 and 1945-48 – punctuated by a stint in the Air Force during World War II), in the Basketball Association of America (now the NBA) and American Basketball League....
Mel Hutchins played for BYU in the early 50’s. He was an all American, and was the star on the team that won the NIT . He was a four year letterman at BYU, was the second pick in the NBA draft, played 7 years in the NBA and was a 4 time all-star. He has worked...
Phoenix Suns He played college basketball at Stanford University until he graduated in 2003. Selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (#22 pick overall) in the 2002 NBA...
He was the Head Coach for the UNM Lobo Men’s Basketball team with the second most wins, and is also the coach who drafted Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics into collegiete basketball at Indiana State. In 1993 the UNM Athletics Department christened the floor of...
Played for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Clippers Kite, a 6′ 11″ center played for BYU, He was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1983 NBA Draft, 21st...
Los Angeles Lakers Boston Celtics New York Knicks Selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (29th pick overall) of the 1996 NBA draft. ‘ Plays basketball for the LA Lakers as a center and lives in Utah during off...
Los Angeles Lakers Minnesota Timberwolves Selected by Los Angeles Lakers in first round (29th pick overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft. He goes to church every Sunday, refuses to swear and won’t even drink coffee. Can Mark Madsen make it in the high-flying,...
Utah Jazz He became a co-owner of the Utah Jazz when he purchased a half interest in the team on 11 April 1985 for $8 million. Just over a year later, in order to prevent the sale and subsequent move of the Utah Jazz to Minnesota, on 16 June 1986 he bought the...
New York Knicks Roland was the first-round draft choice of the New York Knicks in 1951, but he put aside his basketball career for three years of service as an officer in the Navy during the Korean War. Following his release from active duty, the Knicks again offered...
Indiana Pacers Milwaukee Bucks Denver Nuggets Son of Pearl Pollard the a legendary player at the University of Utah known as “Poison” for his deadly hook shot. He was a first-round pick by Detroit in 1997, traded to Atlanta a season later, then waived,...
