Diving
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Keith Russell
head coach (BYU) |
Coach Keith
Russell is one of the most successful coaches to ever come to
Brigham Young University. His athletes have captured several
All-American honors and represented their country in the Olympic
games. As a rookie coach in 1993, he helped Vanessa Thelin and
Valerie Blau earn All-American status at the NCAA Championships.
He followed that success by coaching Thelin to the 1994 NCAA
title on the one-meter springboard. www.byucougars.com |
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Justin Wilcock |
-2005 Whosam
Award
-2005 Graduate Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, UT
-Member of
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
-Son of Scott
and Cathy Wilcock
-Two older brothers Jeremy and Jason
-Two younger sisters Jami and Jenni
-Began diving at age twelve after a five year career in
gymnastics
-Conference diver of the meet all three years he competed for
Brigham Young University
-Served a two year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints from 1998 to 2000
-Enjoy being outdoors hiking, camping, waterskiing and snow
skiing |
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Brain Call
snowmobile racing |
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Paul Ruth
surfing (retired) |
He was a
member of NSSA (national scholastic surfing association).
He surfed in many competitions in both California and Hawaii.
He's married in the temple and has 4 children. He has just
moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah after retiring from the
professional surfing scene.
Source: email from PS, 11 Feb 2005 |
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Aaron Shamy
climbing |
Aaron set a new wall record of
12.61 seconds on the wall in 1999 for the gold medal, but then
he left the country for two years on a Mormon Mission to Italy
during which time he didn't climb.
Source:
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Fencing
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Andrea Wine
(Penn State) |
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Football
Players
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Gymnastics
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Maggie Germaine
(Arizona State) |
She has posted
seven of the top 18 all-time all-around scores in Sun Devil
history ... one of the finest all-around gymnasts in the nation
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Hockey
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Jack Kowal
assistant coach
(Anchorage-Alaska) |
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Olympics
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Rifling
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Larry Nelson III
(Jacksonville State University) |
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Rowing
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Katie Herman
(University of Cincinnati) |
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Soccer
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Guy Hedderwick
CEO
Football, Rugby, and Soccer
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He has been
the CEO of 3 HUGE sports clubs in South Africa - Border Rugby, a
provincial rugby team, Hellenic Football club, a professional
soccer team, and Black Leopards, another professional soccer
team – the 3rd biggest in the country. He then came
here to New Zealand and became CEO of New Zealand’s only
professional soccer team, the New Zealand Knights Football Club. |
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Aleisha Cramer Rose
US Soccer Team |
She made her debut on the US
National Soccer team in 1998 against Ukraine as one of the
youngest players at the age of 16. Three years later, she quit
the team in no small part because she didn't want to play on
Sundays. She never saw herself as a religious fanatic, but she
found peace in coming to that conclusion. She married in 2002
and she played for BYU until she graduated in 2003.
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Soccer Times
1999 High School Player of the year |
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Milton "Tita" Queiroz
Leon |
Milton Queiros played in Brazil
for the Leon (Lions) during the 1980s. He became a star on the
national star. Today, he is serving as a stake counsellor.
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Collegiate Soccer Athletes
and Coaches
Elizabeth Crabb (St. Thomas
University)
Anson Dorrance HEAD COACH (North Carolina)
Cosette Joffs-Packer (UNLV)
Krisha Kai (Hawaii) |
Natasha Kai (Hawaii)
Anne Merten (Williamette University)
Stacy Pelphrey (Cal State San Bernardino)
Tess Piete (Colorado) |
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Swimming
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Jason Brockman
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Track and Field
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Charlie Clinger
high jump |
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Creed Haymond
100- & 220-yard dash
Penn State |
An inspiring story of his
victories at the annual meet of the Intercollegiate Association
of Amateur Athletes of America in 1919 was retold by Elder L.
Tom Perry during the priesthood session of General Conference,
05 Oct 1996. Click
here to read that story as printed in the Deseret News.
"He knew that other coaches felt that a little wine was
useful for the men who have trained muscles and nerves almost to
the snapping point... He looked his coach in the eye and said,
'I won't take it.'... Next morning... 'All of the other
fellows are ill. I don't know what's the matter with them,'
the coach said seriously." |
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David Hoffman
high jump |
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Elizabeth Jackson
distance runner |
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Breanne Sandberg
cross country (BYU) |
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April Steiner
pole vault |
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Volleyball
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Scott Bunker
Team USA |
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Jake Gibb
pro beach volleyball |
"I wanted to be a
basketball player," he says of his high school ambitions, back
when he was only 6-foot-2 and got cut by the Braves. "That was
kind of tough to take," he recalls, adding, "There's not much
volleyball in Utah. I grew up kind of thinking it was a girls'
sport. Didn't really take it up until after an LDS mission (to
Costa Rica)."
Deseret News
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Carl McGown
Team USA
head coach |
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Weightlifters
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