Miami Utah Indiana Fever WNBA Forward, Miami signed her as a free agent on June 13, 2000. Holds Michigan State career blocks record (194). Named All-Big 10 First Team (2000). Led the Big Ten in rebounding (9.8 rpg) and double-doubles (16) in...
Milwaukee Bucks Boston Celtics He was drafted in the second round in 1982 by the Milwaukee Bucks. He appeared in 66 career playoff games, averaging 6.2 points per game in 16.1 minutes per game. He reached the 1987 NBA Finals with the Boston...
Boston Celtics Served a mission from 84-86 In the 1989 NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics selected Michael Smith of BYU with the 13thselection in the First...
The three-time All-America led Montana State to a Helms Athletic Foundation national championship in 1928-29 and averaged 15.4 points a game at a time when the national team scoring average was 40 points. In 1952, the Helms Athletic Foundation designated Cat an...
WNBA Drafted in the second round by the New York Liberty, Thorn is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints playing in the Women’s National Basketball Association. The 5-foot-10 guard averaged 4.6 points in her six season in New York. The best...
Coach BYU He coached BYU Basketball from 1949 to 1972 He was a pioneer in the fast break style of play and called by some the “father of the jump shot”. Stan graduated in 1938, but returned to BYU in 1947 and served at various times as a football,...
assistant coach Nuggets A native of Molokai, Hawaii. He began his collegiate career at Brigham Young-Hawaii in 1988 before going on a two-year church mission to Vina del Mar, Chile. Source:...
Assistant Coach Dallas Mavericks Brandyn served a church mission from 1995 to ’98. Source: Akana keeps winning as coach By Brandon Lee Honolulu Star Bulletin, 14 Mar 2003...
Alex Jensen, a native of Bountiful, Utah, was born on 16 May 1976 to parents Kathy and Jerry Jensen. He was a finance major at the University of Utah. While at the University, he proved himself to be an exceptionally good player. Playing under the tutelage of Coach...
A catch phrase that is often used of young people who exhibit extraordinary talents and abilities is “And a little child shall lead them.” Albeit the phrase is taken out of its Biblical context, it is still perhaps fitting in some ways when describing youngsters such...
Thurl Lee Bailey was born in Washington, D.C. on 7 April 1961. He is a graduate of Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Maryland. Family is extremely important to Bailey. He is a devoted family man with six children. He and his wife Sindi currently live in Salt...
Jordan Bachynski is a basketball player at Arizona State. His career has captured the imagination of journalists because, after missing his final high school season due to injury, he then served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose...
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...
By Rebecca I attended Brigham Young University (BYU) the same time as the famous Mormon athlete Jimmer Fredette. I remember the hostile debates throughout Utah in response to another student’s article in The Daily Universe (school newspaper at BYU), who complained...
Jabari Parker, the 6-foot-8, 220 pound American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois, is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the number one ranked basketball player in the class of 2013. Jabari was born on 15 March...
