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Sports: Another Mormon Hockey Player, College Players Identified

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- Mormon News subscriber Gina Paz reports that Florida Panther's Left Wing Bill Lindsay is Mormon, expanding our list of hockey players to three active players. And other subscribers helped greatly expand our list of NCAA Division 1 college football players, just as the season is ending. Now Mormon News is seeking to start and expand lists of college basketball players (both men and women) as well as lists in baseball, softball and other sports starting soon.

Meanwhile, Mormon basketball players suffered an off week generally while football players had a great week. Among the five professional basketball players Scot Pollard had the best performance, -- one that matches his level of play this season so far. The other four didn't play as well as they have so far this season. The Los Angeles Laker's Mark Madsen did get a lot of playing time (he doubled the minutes on the court he's seen to date), playing 41 minutes over three games, but not playing as well as he has before. Surprisingly, the Dallas Maverick's Shawn Bradley played the least (even less than perennial bench player Travis Knight).

In football, former BYU star Ty Detmer got back on the field, as the Lions tried to do something with the remaining games in their moribund season. But in spite of the new opportunity, Detmer again failed to deliver, instead throwing another two interceptions (raising his season total to 10) and the Lions went scoreless in the game.

Other Mormon players fared much better. Last year's pro-bowler Chad Lewis must have felt like his old self in the Eagle's game against the hapless Washington Redskins, catching 7 passes for 74 yards, a season high. Linebacker Rob Morris likewise reached a season high, bringing down 10 ball carriers, a season high, and getting credited for solo tackles every time. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Vikings, veteran punter Lee Johnson's new team, have started using Johnson as a place kicker also. Johnson has a 57 yard average in five kick-offs so far.

Eagles coach Andy Reid bettered his team's record to 10-5 in the game against the Redskins, one that must have felt good after the Eagle's previous loss to the San Francisco Forty-Niners. Oddly enough, Dave Campo's Dallas Cowboys, who know sport the mirror record of the Eagles (5-10), managed to shellac the Forty-Niner's this week.

Unfortunately, the Panther's Lindsay didn't have a very good week, managing just six shots on goal in four games, and coming up short of any goals. The Minnesota Wild's Aaron Gavey, on the other hand, scored his fifith goal of the season, one of five shots on goal he made last week.

Baseball

Major League Baseball

The MLB 2002 season will begin April 1st. Preseason games may start as early as mid February.
We have identified the following Mormon players:

Position Players

• McKay Christensen CF Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jeff Kent 2B San Francisco Giants

Pitchers

• * Brandon Duckworth SP Philadelphia Phillies
• (MH) Shawn Estes SP San Francisco Giants
• Kyle Farnsworth RP Chicago Cubs
• Mike Fetters RP Pittsburgh Pirates
• Roy Halladay SP Toronto Blue Jays
• Jason M. Johnson SP Baltimore Orioles
• * Omar Olivares RP Pittsburgh Pirates
• (MH) Garret Stephenson SP St Louis Cardinals
• (MH) Dave Veres RP St Louis Cardinals
• (MH) Jaret Wright SP Cleveland Indians

Coaches

• Iorg, Garth 1st Base Coach Toronto Blue Jays

Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:

• Scott Eyre RP Toronto Blue Jays
• Ryan Jensen SP San Francisco Giants

Minor Leagues

Minor League Seasons generally begin about the same time as the Major League season or soon after. We are still interested in identifying Mormon players in the minors, especially those at the AAA level. Also of interest are those playing in foreign leagues, such as Japan and the Venezuela winter league. Here are the minor league players we know:

AAA

• Banks, Brian Catcher Calgary Cannons (Florida Marlins)
• Perez, Santiago CF Portland Beavers (San Diego Padres)
• Secrist, Reed 1st Base Nashville Sounds (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Please help us find out if the following are Mormon:

• Nate Tebbs SS Richmond Braves (Atlanta Braves)
• Ron Wright 1B Durham Bulls (Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
• John DeSilva SP Las Vegas 51s (Los Angeles Dodgers)
• Jeremy Lambert SP Memphis Redbirds (St Louis Cardinals)

College

NCAA - Division I

We plan limited coverage of NCAA Division I baseball players and coaches who are Mormon, and want to at least compile a reliable list. Please let us know about any Mormon players.

Basketball

NBA

Bradley, Shawn

Center

Dallas Mavericks

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	2	23	3/ 6	5	6	3.0	15.7
YTD	24	433	45/ 93	99	124	5.2	17.2

Knight, Travis

Forward

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	3	30	2/ 10	11	5	1.7	10.0
YTD	20	174	18/ 47	40	39	2.0	13.5

Madsen, Mark

Center

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	3	41	5/ 9	9	11	3.7	16.1
YTD	11	80	12/ 22	15	28	2.6	21.0

Pollard, Scot

Forward

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	3	78	6/ 14	26	17	5.7	13.1
YTD	32	847	74/152	251	184	5.8	13.0

Pope, Mark

Center

	G	Min	FG/FGA	Reb	Pts	ppg	pp60min
This Week	3	24	1/ 3	2	2	0.7	5.0
YTD	21	160	12/ 28	25	26	1.2	9.8

WNBA

The WNBA's 2002 season should begin in May following an April 19th draft.

We know of the following players:

• * Kristen Rasmussen Forward Miami Sol
• (MH) Natalie Williams Forward Utah Starzz

College

NCAA - Division I

We hope to begin limited coverage of NCAA Division I basketball players and coaches who are Mormon, and we would like to at least compile a reliable list. Please let us know who you can add to the following (quick list -- of the top of my head):

Men

• Balderson, Jimmy G BYU
• Bigelow, Mark F/G BYU
• Bobik, Daniel G BYU
• Hansen, Travis G/F BYU
• Howard, Daniel C BYU
• Jepsen, Bart F BYU
• Montague, Matt G BYU
• Nashif, Terry G BYU
• Nielsen, Eric F BYU
• Opunui, Shawn G BYU

• Christensen, Matt C Duke

• Lindquist, Ben G Oregon
• Michaelis, Mark F Oregon

• Barnes, Julius G Stanford
• Jacobsen, Casey G/F Stanford
• Robinson, Nick G/F Stanford

• Burgess, Chris C/F Utah
• Johnsen, Britton F Utah

Women

• Chamberlain, Ashleigh C BYU
• Cheesman, Danielle F BYU
• Cheesman, Heather F BYU
• Osguthorpe, Lisa F BYU
• Rose, Chanell F BYU
• Taylor, Kali G BYU
• Thorn, Erin G BYU

Football

NFL

Quarterbacks

Ty Detmer

Quarterback

Detroit Lions

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	51/ 31	303	0	2	2	18	0
YTD	3	3	111/68	664	1	10	6	22	0

Joe Germaine

Quarterback

Kansas City Chiefs

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scott Mitchell

Quarterback

Cincinnati Bengals

	G	GS	Att/Comp	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	0	0	0/ 0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	1	12/ 4	38	0	3	0	0	0

Offense

Greg Clark

Tight End

San Francisco Forty-Niners

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	Injured - Hamstring	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Todd Heap

Tight End

Baltimore Ravens

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	2	32	0	0	0	0
YTD	11	4	16	206	1	0	0	0

Chad Lewis

Tight End

Philadelphia Eagles

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	1	7	74	2	0	0	0
YTD	15	15	41	422	6	0	0	0

Brandon Manumaleuna

Tight End

St Louis

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	15	0	1	1	1	0	0	0

Itua Mili

Tight End

Seattle Seahawks

	G	GS	Rec	Yds	TD	Int	RushAtt	RushYds	RushTD
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	15	5	8	98	2	0	0	0

Offensive Line

David Dixon

Guard

Minnesota Vikings

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	14	14

Edwin Mulitalo

Guard

Baltimore Ravens

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	13	13

John Tait

Tackle

Kansas City Chiefs

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	15	15

Kyle Turley

Tackle

New Orleans Saints

	G	GS
This Week	1	1
YTD	15	15

Defense

Marcus Bell

Linebacker

Seattle Seahawks

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	Injured - Neck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	13	1	28	23	4	1	0	1

Brant Boyer

Linebacker

Cleveland Browns

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	4	4	3	0	0	0
YTD	15	3	59	48	15	0	2	0

Byron Frisch

Defensive End

Dallas Cowboys

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	12	0	7	7	2	3	0	1

Travis Hall

Defensive Tackle

Atlanta Falcons

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	5	5	0	0	0	0
YTD	15	15	38	32	11	1	0	1

Chris Hoke

Defensive Tackle

Pittsburgh Steelers

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	Released	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Junior Ioane

Defensive End

Oakland Raiders

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
YTD	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Rob Morris

Linebacker

Indianapolis Colts

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	10	10	3	0	0	0
YTD	14	14	90	60	30	1	0	0

Derek M. Smith

Linebacker

San Francisco Forty-Niners

	G	GS	Tkls	Solo	Assist	Sacks	Int	Fumb
This Week	1	1	5	5	1	0	0	0
YTD	13	13	79	54	28	3	1	0

Special Teams

Punter

Lee Johnson

Punter

Minnesota Vikings

	G	GS	Punts	Yds	TB	Kick Offs	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	5	186	1	4	232	0
YTD	8	8	41	1734	6	5	287	0

Kicker

Owen Pochman

Kicker

New York Giants

	G	GS	FG/FGA	XP/XPA	Kicks	Yds	TB
This Week	1	1	0/ 0	0/ 0	5	302	0
YTD	10	9	0/ 1	0/ 0	39	2395	2

Coaches

Andy Reid

Head Coach

Philadelphia Eagles

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	1- 0	354	66	241	39	113	23	00:29:40	3	25
YTD	10- 5	4620	920	2955	494	1665	385	07:14:54	88	673

George Henshaw

Asst Head Coach - Offense

Tennessee Titans

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	0- 1	452	62	264	26	188	35	00:30:44	6	50
YTD	7- 8	5023	968	3286	483	1737	445	07:56:18	96	853

Dave Campo

Head Coach

Dallas Cowboys

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	1- 0	420	70	234	25	186	44	00:37:49	5	27
YTD	5-10	4138	898	2065	387	2073	478	07:40:33	82	640

Darrell Bevell

Offensive Asst

Green Bay Packers

	W- L	Yds	Plays	Pass	PassYds	PassAtt	RushYds	RushAtt	TimePoss	Pen	Yds
This Week	1- 0	213	51	157	29	56	20	00:27:51	6	60
YTD	11- 4	5052	885	3466	481	1586	383	07:25:45	78	618

CFL

The CFL season will begin in June 20th. We have identified just two Mormon players, but suspect several others may be Mormon.

Wide receiver Ben Cahoon of the Montreal Alouettes is LDS, and Winnipeg Blue Bombers Linebacker Sefa O'Reilly is LDS.

While we are compiling a list of Mormon players in the CFL, that league doesn't make available player by player statistics.

We have also identified the following possible Mormon players, based on the 2001 Rosters:

• Rob Hitchcock, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
• Trevor Shaw, Hamilton Tiger-Cats -- Weber State
• Kevin Alexander, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
• Anthony Calvillo, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah State
• Josh Cochran, Montreal Alouettes -- Utah
• Neal Fort, Montreal Alouettes -- BYU
• Chad Folk, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
• Profail Greer, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah State
• Errol Martin, Toronto Argonauts -- Utah
• Morgan Welch, Toronto Argonauts -- Weber State
• Brandon Dyson, Winnipeg Blue Bombers -- Utah State

College

NCAA - Division I
We hoped to begin limited coverage of NCAA Division I football players and coaches who are Mormon, but were unable to start doing so this season. We still hope to do so next season. Here is a list of the players OUTSIDE OF UTAH we have identified to date. We would like also to include players INSIDE UTAH, including those at BYU, which often has non-Mormon players. Many of those listed come from H.B. Arnett's "Cougar Sportsline," with the assistance of Mormon News subscriber Brent Romney. Others come from the BYU Board and CougarBlue.com bulletin boards, courtesy of the work of Jeff Fuller:

• Tippets, Jeff TE Alabama, Birmingham
• Tuck, Jason(Kurt?) C Alabama, Birmingham

• Brittain, Brad TE Arizona
• Feula, Vince DL Arizona
• Fraser, Keoki DL Arizona
• Fraser, Keoni DL Arizona

• Brittain, Grant TE Arizona State
• Fulton, Skyler WR Arizona State
• Miller, Matt WR Arizona State
• Niko, Damien OL Arizona State
• Pace, Tom RB Arizona State
• Unck, Mason LB Arizona State
• Wallin, Kurt DT Arizona State
• Wolfgram, Jared DL Arizona State

• Lundin, Trent WR Boise State

• Magner, Cole QB Bowling Green

• Gustaveson, Josh Cal
• Jensen, Mark K Cal
• Lupoi, Tosh DL Cal
• Tuitama, Nofoaalii T Cal

• Hoover, Adam QB Cincinnati

• Flores, Jeremy P/PK Colorado

• Kay, Russell LB Colorado State
• Porter, Guy DB Colorado State

• Findlay, Garren OL Georgia Tech

• Ilaoa, Nate WR Hawaii
• Peters, Hyrum DB Hawaii
• Peters, Leonard DB Hawaii
• Tafuna, Sione OL Hawaii

• Ross, Ethan WR Houston

• Dunn, Marc QB Kansas State
• Togiai, Jerry DT Kansas State

• Boone, Aaron WR Kentucky
• Parker, Michael QB Kentucky

• Brinton, Spencer QB Michigan
• Probst, Jake DL Michigan

• Weathers, Brad OL Mississippi State

• Bowen, Jake LB Navy

• Bingham, Ryon DL Nebraska
• Brown, Manaia DL Nebraska
• Fonoti, Toniu OL Nebraska

• Johnson, Cody OL Nevada
• Kretschmer, Chance RB Nevada

• Fife, Jason QB Oregon
• Line, Josh LB Oregon
• Loftin, Ryan LB Oregon

• Casper, Cameron OL San Diego State
• Thompson, Tyson TE San Diego State

• Hunter, Tommy TE South Florida

• Blackhurst, Cooper DE Stanford
• Caylor, Drew DE Stanford
• Chambers, Kirk OT Stanford
• Giles, Scott OLB Stanford
• Heitman, Eric OL Stanford
• Leonard, Matt DL Stanford
• Schindler, Greg OL Stanford

• Coffin, Junior DL Washington
• Kava, William OL Washington
• McLaughlin, Derek P Washington
• Stevens, Jerramy TE Washington

• Cox, Alan P Washington State
• Ena, Tali QB Washington State

• Belshe, Matt QB Wyoming
• Gough, David OL Wyoming
• Merrill, Peter, DB Wyoming
• Ralph, Brock WR Wyoming
• Rollins, Josh DL Wyoming

• Stansbury-Ieremia, Ed UCLA

• Bair, Brandon OL UNLV
• Palepoi, Anton DL UNLV
• Parkhurst, Matt OL UNLV
• Parkhurst, Scott LB UNLV
• Sorensen, Trevan TE UNLV

• Mailo, Faaesea OG USC

Coaches

• Afoa, Ulima Assistant Coach San Diego State
• Anae, Robert Offensive Line Texas Tech
• Borich, Mike Offensive Coordinator/ Wide Receivers BYU
• Bosco, Robby Quarterbacks BYU
• Chow, Norm Offensive Coordinator USC
• Crowton, Gary Head Coach BYU
• Empey, Mike Tight Ends BYU
• Leach, Mike Head Coach Texas Tech
• Mallory, Rick Offensive Line Memphis
• Mendenhall, Bronco Defensive Coordinator New Mexico
• Niumatalolo, Ken Tight Ends UNLV
• Reynolds, Lance Offensive Line BYU
• Schmidt, Ken Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers BYU
• Tidwell, Paul Running Backs BYU
• Uperesa, Keith Offensive Line USC

Hockey

NHL

Gavey, Aaron

C

Minnesota Wild

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	4	1	0	1	5
YTD	36	5	6	11	44

Konowalchuk, Steve

LW

Washington Capitals

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	Injured - Shoulder - Out 3-4 months	0	0	0	0
YTD	5	0	3	3	6

Lindsay, Bill

LW

Florida Panthers

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	4	0	0	0	6
YTD	36	3	4	7	40

Coach

Peterson, Brent

Assistant Coach

Nashville Predators

Coach Peterson's responsibilities cover penalties and goalkeeping, and the statistics listed are team statistics that reflect his responsibilities.

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	Avg
This Week	3	23	1	9	0	85	10	75
YTD	37	427	11	186	1	1022	97	925

Len Barrie, formerly of the Florida Panthers, is now an unrestricted free agent.

Soccer

WUSA

The WUSA's season begins in April, following a February 11th draft.

We know of the following player:

• Maren Hendershot Forward Carolina Courage

Golf

PGA Tour

The first PGA Tour events for 2002 start this month.

We know of the following golfer's who were on last year's tour:

• Jay Don Blake
• Keith Clearwater (Did not qualify for the 2002 PGA Tour)
• Dan Forsman
• Mike Reid (May not have qualified for 2002 PGA Tour)

In addition, Richard Zokol qualified for the PGA Tour in 2002

Buy.com Tour

The 2002 Buy.com Tour schedule has not yet been released.

We don't yet know which Mormons, if any, will be on the Buy.com Tour.

JPGA Tour

The first JPGA Tour event begins the week of January 14th.

Dean Wilson was on the JPGA Tour last year, but may be on the PGA tour this year.

Senior PGA Tour

The first PGA Senior Tour event begins the week of January 14th.

We know of the following Mormons who qualify for the tour:

• Billy Casper
• Johnny Miller
• Bruce Summerhays

* Mormon News has enough information to make it likely that this athlete is either Mormon or has Mormon heritage. But we have so far been unable to confirm this suspicion.
(MH) - Mormon Heritage - This athlete is either an inactive LDS Church member, or has Mormon heritage.

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