823 Saints Who Sport – Filipowski!?

Saints who Sport NFL

Zach Wilson just got engaged to his longtime girlfriend

• Zach Wilson is engaged!
• Nicolette Dellanno (22yo)
• Competing for starting QB on the Denver Broncos against Jared Stidham and Bo Nix

NBA

Utah Jazz: Why Jazz selected Kyle Filipowski in second round – Deseret News

• At 6-foot-11, Filipowski can dribble, pass, shoot, run either side of a pick-and-roll, he sets great screens, is a good cutter, reads the floor well and can pick-and-pop. He has a great NBA frame and as he fills it out, he has potential to become a strong player at the rim, but he does need to develop a bit to be able to play against stronger players in the post.
• In his second season with the Blue Devils, Filipowski averaged 16.4 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game while shooting 34.8% from 3-point range — which was a big increase over his shooting numbers from his freshman season when he hit on just 28.2% of his treys.

The wild Kyle Filipowski ‘girlfriend’ saga, explained as best we can.

• Fiancee is about 7 years older
• Started dating Kyle when he was 16
• Converted to the Church shortly after dating??

MLB

BYU student’s calculated defensive analysis helped Texas Rangers win 2023 World Series

• His stats formula contributed to the Rangers World Series win

NCAA

BYU Basketball

Kemery Martin explains why she chose to transfer to BYU Women’s Basketball

Kemery Martin

• From Alta to Utah State to Cal and now BYU
• Used Transfer Portal to land here
• Feels it’s a good fit for her skills and what the team and Coach Whitings needs now

2025 projected lottery pick Egor Demin reportedly commits to BYU

•  Not LDS
• 6’9” Russian. Highly sought after.
• Top 10 prospect for 2025 NBA Draft
• Coach Young wants to build an NBA pipeline at BYU
• Previously played for Real Madrid (basketball

Latter-day Saint runner named as finalist for national award 

• Competes in 400m and 800m
• Broke her neck in a car accident, told she couldn’t run again. So she did run.
• Competed for spots in the Olympics but fell short last week.

Olympics

Pair of Utahns, BYU teammates are Olympics bound

• Conner Mantz and Clayton Young
• Utah natives, former BYU champs
• Mantz competed in 2021 and placed 5th in 5000m and 8th in 10000m
• Both competing in marathon on 8/10 in Paris

French Polynesian Latter-day Saint Athlete Honoured to Carry Olympic Torch 

• 16yo from Tahiti
• Won Bronze in the 23 Pacific Games
• The church allowed the use of a chapel for hosting officials
• French Polynesia will host the Surfing competition for the Olympics this year

FUN FACT

Carl Diem and Joseph Goebbels came up with the torch relay for the olympics in 1936. Goebbels was the Minister of Propaganda for the Nazi party

U.S. Olympic track and field trials: Former Utah State star Chari Hawkins qualifies for Olympics; Whittni Morgan comes up short – Deseret News

• From Rexburg and Utah State
• Not likely a member of the church today
• Proponent of mental health after suffering many anxiety issues herself.
• Competing in Heptathlon (7 events: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin, 800m)

Looking for 2024 Latter-day Saint Olympians and Paralympians – Church News (thechurchnews.com)

• From the United States, there are six Latter-day Saint athletes so far who are planning trips to Paris: marathoners Conner Mantz and Clayton Young; steeplechasers Kenneth Rooks, James Corrigan and Courtney Wayment; and Jimmer Fredette in 3-by-3 basketball.
• During the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, 15 athletes from eight countries with ties to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints competed in the Olympics with five winning medals.
• In the Paralympic Games, 12 athletes from seven countries competed and three athletes won medals.

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