Summarized by Kent Larsen

Mormon News' Sports Stats Adds Sports, Athletes

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Since the National Football League begins playing this weekend and with the approach of the Sydney Summer Olympic Games, Mormon News is expanding its coverage of Mormon athletes. This week we have added Olympics and Football players, and recognized a Mormon athlete who played in the WNBA. We plan on adding NBA players when that season begins later this fall.

Unfortunately, tracking down who is Mormon and who is not is difficult. There isn't an available list to consult, and even the definition of who is Mormon depends on who you ask. Mormon News is therefore very interested in hearing any information or corrections you may have to our lists. This is especially important for athletes outside the US, where information is even more difficult to find.

Many of the athletes in our list come from the Shellie M. Frey's book, "Winning Spirit III: An inside look at LDS sports heroes." Others have been identified from Internet sources and other places.

Baseball

Major League Baseball

Position Players:
Wally Joyner	1B	Atlanta Braves

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
This Week	6	9	1	3	0	0	1	2	.333
Year to date	94	188	19	51	5	28	23	29	.271

Jeff Kent

2B

San Francisco Giants

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
This Week	6	20	3	6	0	1	4	4	.300
Year to date	127	475	92	161	28	106	69	87	.339

Pitchers:
Omar Olivares	SP	SP Oakland A's

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	0-0	0	11.00	9.00	11	11	11	9	5
Year to date	15	3-8	0	6.56	94.33	122	79	74	48	47

Garret Stephenson	SP	St Louis Cardinals

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	2	2-0	0	3.29	13.67	11	5	5	5	4
Year to date	27	15-7	0	4.12	170.33	168	83	78	51	101

Mike Fetters	SP	RP Los Angeles Dodgers

	G	W-L	S	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
This Week	4	1-0	0	1.80	5.00	3	1	1	1	3
Year to date	42	5-2	5	2.88	40.67	27	13	13	19	36

Basketball

NBA

The NBA's preseason starts October 9th. The regular season begins October 31st.

WNBA

The WNBA's season has ended. However, we neglected to carry the stats of the only WNBA Mormon player we know about.

Kirsten Rasmussen	Forward	Miami Sol

	G	Min	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	PTS	PPG
Year to date	26	463	17.8	.350	.286	.844	98	126	4.8

Football

The NFL's season begins this week. Here are the players we are following:

Player	Position	Team
Andersen, Jason	Off. Line	New England Patriots
Clark, Greg	Tight End	San Francisco 49ers
Detmer, Ty	Quarterback	Cleveland Browns
Hall, Travis	Def. Line	Atlanta Falcons
Johnson, Lee	Punter	New England Patriots
Kehl, Ed	Def. Line	Jacksonville Jaguars
Lewis, Chad	Tight End	Philadelphia Eagles
Mili, Itula	Tight End	Seattle Seahawks
Mitchell, Scott	Quarterback	Cincinnati Bengals
Morris, Rob	Def. Line	Indianapolis Colts
Tait, John	Off. Line	Kansas City Chiefs
Unutoa, Morris	Center	Philadelphia Eagles

CFL

Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, but I don't yet have a source for statistics on him.

Golf

PGA Tour

Jay Don Blake
	Event	Results
This Week:	Reno-Tahoe Open	T58	72-73-72-72	$6,630
Year to date:		Entered 24 events, made cut 15 times, earned $513,759

Keith Clearwater
	Event	Results
This Week:	Idle
Year to date:		Entered 10 events, made cut 2 times, earned $22,103
Buy.com Tour:		Entered 11 events, made cut 7 times, earned $70,413

Dan Forsman
	Event	Results
This Week:	Reno-Tahoe Open	T42	72-68-75-72	$9,420
Year to date:		Entered 19 events, made cut 12 times, earned $276,311

Mike Reid
	Event	Results
This Week:	Reno-Tahoe Open	Cut after 2nd round
Year to date:		Entered 17 events, made cut 11 times, earned $158,117

Mike Weir
	Event	Results
This Week:	WGC NEC Invitational	T24	68-76-68-71	$52,333.33
Year to date:		Entered 21 events, made cut 16 times, earned $1,008,179

Richard Zokol
	Event	Results
This Week:	Idle
Year to date:		Entered 4 events, made cut 4 times, earned $152,400
Buy.com Tour:		Entered 10 events, made cut 6 times, earned $27,534

Senior PGA Tour

Billy Casper
	Event	Results
This Week:	Idle
Year to date:		Entered 1 event and 2 unofficial events, made cut 3 times, earned $700
PGA Tour:		Entered 1 event, withdrew after 1st round

Johnny Miller
	Event	Results
This Week:	Idle
Year to date:	Idle

Bruce Summerhays
	Event	Results
This Week:	FleetBoston Classic	T11	72-68-71	$26,000
Year to date:		Entered 26 events, made cut 25 times, earned $606,302

Olympics

Starting September 15th, Mormon-News will provide daily news updates on the performance of known Mormon athletes competing in the Sydney Olympic Games.

Here is a list of the athletes we know about so far:

Athlete	Sport	Country
Andam, Kenneth	Track &Field	Ghana
Baird, Marsha	Track &Field	Trinidad
Chan, Maggie	Track &Field	Hong Kong
Dantzscher, Jamie	Gymnastics	USA
Gardner, Rulon	Wrestling	USA
Johnson, Courtney	Water Polo	USA
Millar, Ryan	Volleyball	USA
Myles-Mills, Leonard	Track &Field	Ghana
Palmer, Amy	Track &Field	USA
Pratt, Robby	Track &Field	Mexico
Pryah, Jason	Track &Field	USA
Savickas, Arunas	Swimming	Lithuania
Tagaloa, Charlene	Volleyball	USA

Some Mormon athletes that did not make the team:

Athlete	Sport	Country
Kunkel, Rachelle	Swimming	USA
Garlick, Jake	Track &Field	USA
Clinger, Charles	Track &Field	USA
Nunn, John	Track &Field	USA
Roberts, Jim	Track &Field	USA

We aren't sure about the following athletes:

Athlete	Sport	Country
Guerrero Dominguez, Ramon	Tae Kwan Do	Mexico
Logan, Tom	Volleyball	USA

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