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Devin Durrant
Personal information
Born	(1960-10-20) October 20, 1960 (age 64) Brigham City, Utah
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school	Provo (Provo, Utah)
College	BYU (1978–1980, 1982–1984)
NBA draft	1984: 2nd round, 25th overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Pacers
Playing career	1984–1989
Position	Small forward
Number	7, 17
Career history
1984–1985	Indiana Pacers
1985	Phoenix Suns
1988–1989	Olympique Antibes (France)

Career highlights and awards
Consensus second-team All-American (1984) WAC Player of the Year (1983) 2× First-team All-WAC (1983, 1984)

Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

Devin George Durrant (born October 20, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player.

Born in Brigham City, Utah, to George and Marilyn Durrant. His father, George Durrant, is a speaker and author. He is one of eight children.

In 1972, Devin moved with his family to Louisville Kentucky where his father, George Durrant was a mission president for the Kentucky Tennessee Mission. He spent three years there where he developed into a basketball player. He then moved to Provo, Utah in 1975 where he attended Provo High School and Brigham Young University. https://en.wikipedia.org/Brigham_Young_University

When Devin's mother died in 2011 George married author and speaker, Susan Easton Black. http://universe.byu.edu/2013/04/17/1susan-easton-black-retires-to-serve-mission-with-husband-grad-edition/

HIGH SCHOOL

Devin Durrant played his freshman year at Seneca High School in Louisville, Kentucky https://en.wikipedia.org/Seneca_High_School_MCA and then he moved to Provo, Utah to finish his high school career at Provo High School http://provohigh.provo.edu/ where he was coached by Jim Spencer.

Devin was captain of the Provo High team that went undefeated (26-0) and won the state 3A championship in 1978. http://www.uhsaa.org/RecordsBook/Records_BookBBball.pdf

In leading Provo to the title he averaged 31.5 points and 14 rebounds per game He was the leading scorer in the state that year. Devin scored 38 of Provo's 52 points in the championship game. He was 17 of 25 from the field in the state championship game and he was voted the MVP of the tournament.

Devin was named to the McDonald's 12-man All-American team http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/mcdonalds.html and participated in the McDonalds U.S. All-Stars vs. Capital All-Stars game in Washington D.C. http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/content/dam/allamerican/pdfs/Player-Alumni-List-12-2013.pdf .

He also played in the 1978 Kentucky Derby Festival Basketball Classic (U.S. All-Stars vs. Kentucky-Indiana All-Stars) in Louisville where he was the one-on-one champion. He was also voted the MVP of the Kentucky Derby Classic. https://en.wikipedia.org/Kentucky_Derby_Festival He was named second team All-American for Basketball Weekly and was a BCI Classic All-American and an Adidas All-American. Durrant was awarded the Hertz Number One award for the state of Utah.

COLLEGE

Devin Durrant played at Brigham Young University. He started every game of his BYU career, Durrant helped the Cougars to three NCAA postseason berths, three WAC championships, and an overall record of 79-38.

The Durrant family has a long history of playing basketball at Brigham Young University. Devin's uncle, Kent Durrant, was on the NIT championship team at BYU in 1950-51. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-basketball/season/1950-1951 His brother, Mark Durrant, played basketball at Brigham Young University (1989-1990, 1992-1995) and is now a radio personality and an attorney. http://byucougars.com/athlete/m-basketball/mark-durrant http://espn960sports.com/tag/mark-durrant/ Devin's brother, Matt Durrant, played Junior Varsity basketball at BYU and is now the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. https://en.wikipedia.org/Matthew_B._Durrant , https://www.utcourts.gov/judgesbios/showGallery.asp?dist=10&ct_type=S

1978-1979 As a freshman Devin started in all games 19 of which were double-figure performances. He had two high games of 26 points against Purdue and Oral Roberts. In the Purdue game he scored 20 of those points in the second half. That summer he led BYU in Yugoslavia and Italy with 17 points per game.

1979-1980 As a sophomore, Durrant, played in all games with 19 of those game in double figures. He was on the 1979 Cougar Classic all-tournament team and had a high game of 31 points against Colorado State. He was the second leading scorer on the team behind, Danny Ainge, before he left on his mission. That summer Devin played on the ABAUSA National team that went to China.

1980-1982 Devin served a full-time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng He served in the Spain Madrid Mission.

1982-1983 As a junior at BYU Devin led BYU and the WAC in scoring. In 26 of 29 games he was the team's top scorer. Devin finished 19th in the NCAA scoring. He was named WAC player-of-the-week in the conference opener against San Diego State and Hawaii. He scored 33 points in the game against Hawaii and was named Chevrolet player-of-the-game vs. Wyoming and Air Force. He was an All-Cougar Classic selection and led the Holiday Festival in scoring at Madison Square Garden where he made that all-tournament team. He was named the WAC player-of-the-year and was Academic All-America district seven and Academic All-America Second Team (Co-Sida) http://cosida.com/media/documents/2012/4/alltime_aaa_individual_byschool_Feb_2012.pdf . He was a unanimous All-WAC first team and All-District Seven (Basketball Writers Association) selection. He was an honorable mention All-America (Associated Press).

In 1983, Devin was selected to represent the United States in the World University Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team had many talented players like 6'6' Charles Barkley (Auburn), 6'9' Karl Malone (Louisiana Tech), 6'1' Johnny Dawkins (Duke), and 6'9' Ed Pinckney (Villanova). The USA team lost once and ended up with the bronze medal and a 6-1 record. Durrant scored 25 points to lead the U.S. team to a bronze medal victory over Cuba. (http://archive.usab.com/mens/worlduniversity/mwug_1983.html)

Devin was named to The Sporting News pre-season All-America checklist.

1983-1984 During his senior season Devin was selected as a GTE/CoSida Academic All-American for the second time http://cosida.com/media/documents/2012/4/alltime_aaa_individual_byschool_Feb_2012.pdf . He was also awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship.

In 1984, Devin was named All-America by the Associated Press, United Press International, the Basketball Writers Association, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and The Sporting News. http://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html

1st Team

Patrick Ewing	Georgetown
Michael Jordan	North Carolina
Hakeem Olajuwon	Houston
Sam Perkins	North Carolina
Wayman Tisdale	Oklahoma

2nd Team

Sam Bowie	Kentucky
Michael Cage	San Diego State
Devin Durrant	Brigham Young
Chris Mullin	St. John's (NY)
Leon Wood	Cal State Fullerton

Durrant was named 1984 District VII Player of the Year by the writers and made the basketball coaches' All-District Team. He was All-Western Athletic Conference First Team, a two-time WAC Player of the Week, an All-Cougar Classic selection, and the MVP of the Kentucky Invitational.

During Durrant's senior year he averaged over 30 points a game, he led the nation in scoring most of the season and finished third among collegiate players. As a Cougar he tallied 2,285 points. When he left BYU, no BYU player had shot more free throws (820) or made more free throws (621) than Devin Durrant - all of this after he interrupted his basketball career to serve a mission in Spain. Durrant was widely recognized as one of the first high-profile BYU basketball players to serve a mission and thrive as a returned missionary. http://utahvalley360.com/2014/01/22/byu-basketball-dream-team/

The summer after his senior season Devin was invited to try out for the United States Olympic Men's basketball team. http://archive.usab.com/mens/national/84_moly_trials_roster.html) http://hardnews.ansci.usu.edu/archive/march2005/030405_grant.html

PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL

Following his career at BYU, Durrant was the 23rd pick in the NBA draft; he played one season with the Indiana Pacers and briefly with the Phoenix Suns. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/durrade01.html Devin was the first returned missionary to play in the NBA. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/297436/READY-OR-NOT-HERE-HE-COMES.html?pg=al l After his time in the NBA, he played professional basketball in Spain and France from 1986 to 1988.

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In 1995 Devin Durrant was inducted into the Brigham Young University Hall of Fame along with Robbie Bosco, John Fought, Maria Betioli Zanandrea and Clayne Jensen. (http://byucougars.com/athlete/m-basketball/devin-durrant)

In a Deseret News poll in the year 2000, he was voted one of the top 10 college basketball players in the state of Utah over the previous 100 years. In 1999, Sports Illustrated listed him as one of the 50 greatest Utah sports figures.

In 2005 Devin wrote a book with his father, George Durrant, called "Raising An All-American. http://www.raisinganallamerican.com/ It is a book that talks about helping a child succeed in athletics and in life. In the book the Devin outlines nine puzzle pieces that helped him succeed in athletics (and in life). He calls this the All-American Puzzle and the pieces are: The dream, Be your own coach, Be coachable, Work, work, work, Rodeo tough, Dare mighty things, Love the game, Make your own luck, and Gifts from God. Raising an All-American was on the best seller list at Deseret Book and Barnes and Noble when it was first released.

In 2012, Devin was listed as one of the top five players ever to play at BYU in ESPN's 50 best college basketball programs. (http://byucougars.com/m-basketball/byu-ranked-36-espns-50-50) Also in 2012, Devin was one of the athletes to make it to the All-time list of returned LDS missionaries in professional sports by Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/top/686/2/Devin-Durrant-All-time-list-of-returned-LDS-missionaries-in-professional-sports-.html ESPN listed him as one of the five best players to play at BYU.

In 2013 Devin was listed as one of BYU basketball's all time starting five players. http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2013/11/6/4840928/byu-cougars-basketball-danny-ainge-jimmer-fredette-devin-durrant-kresimir-cosic-shawn-bradley

In 2014 Devin was listed as one of five players in the Utah Valley Dream Team in the Utah Valley 360 . http://utahvalley360.com/2014/01/22/byu-basketball-dream-team/

EDUCATION

1984 Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University

2009 MBA, University of Utah

BUSINESS

After leaving professional basketball, Durrant worked as a sales representative and then as marketing director with WordPerfect Corporation. (http://www.wordplace.com/ap/) He subsequently owned his own real estate investment firm.

Durrant is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and has served in a variety of positions, including bishop, counselor in a stake presidency, high councilor, and stake mission president. As a young man, Durrant served as a full-time missionary in the church's Spain Madrid Mission. From 2011 to 2014, he served as president of the Texas Dallas Mission.

At the church's April 2014 General Conference, while still serving as a mission president in Texas, Durrant was accepted by the membership as second counselor to Tad R. Callister in the general presidency of the church's Sunday School. Durrant completed his service in Texas and officially began the Sunday School assignment in July 2014. In May 2015, the LDS Church announced that John S. Tanner, who was serving as First Counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency, had been appointed as the next president of Brigham Young University-Hawaii. As a result, in June 2015 Durrant was called as first counselor, with Brian K. Ashton succeeding Durrant as second counselor.

Durrant has spoken twice in the church's general conference. The first was in April 1984, just after completing his playing career at BYU, where he spoke on the topic of missionary work. Here is an excerpt from that talk: "I’m grateful for the honor that I had of being Elder Durrant while in Spain. I know that Jesus Christ lives, that while he was on the earth he taught us the way that we ought to live. I know that he expects us as holders of the priesthood to take what he has given us and go out and share it with others. And as we do this, he not only blesses the lives of the people we come in contact with, but he also blesses us. I know that the gospel he has given us is true. That’s why I wanted to share it—because it means so much in my life."

He spoke again in the October 2015 General Conference, while serving in the Sunday School General Presidency. In that conference, Durrant gave a sermon introducing the word "ponderize." Here is an excerpt from that talk: My second invitation is quite different from and much more important than the first. It is this: I invite you to “ponderize”3 one verse of scripture each week. The word ponderize is not found in the dictionary, but it has found a place in my heart. So what does it mean to ponderize? I like to say it’s a combination of 80 percent extended pondering and 20 percent memorization.

There are two simple steps:

First, choose a verse of scripture each week and place it where you will see it every day.

Second, read or think of the verse several times each day and ponder the meaning of its words and key phrases throughout the week.

Imagine the uplifting results of doing this weekly for six months, a year, 10 years, or more.

As you make this effort, you will feel an increase in spirituality. You will also be able to teach and lift those you love in more meaningful ways.He described it as a combination of memorizing and pondering a verse of scripture.

I promise you will not regret writing a verse of scripture on your mind and heart each week. You will experience a feeling of perpetual spiritual purpose, protection, and power.

He invited listeners to take up the practice. The next day it was discovered that he and his son had recently registered several web site domains for the word. Within a few hours of the sermon, his son launched a web site selling "ponderize" merchandise. Some church members felt that this rendered Durrant's sermon to be nothing more than an infomercial. A backlash on social media led to the web site being removed. Durrant later issued an apology.<ref>Walch, Tad (5 October 2015). "Sunday School leader apologizes for son's website". Deseret News.</ref

Devin is the father of six children and the grandfather of nine.

References

^ "Devin G. Durrant", Liahona, May 2014.
"All Century College Basketball Team".
"The 50 Greatest Utah Sports Figures".
"Leadership Change, New General Authorities and New Sunday School General Presidency Announced".
"Church Calls New Member of Sunday School General Presidency", Newsroom, LDS Church, 2015-06-12
Durrant, Devin. "Missions - Only You Can Decide". lds.org.

External links

Missions-Only You Can Decide @ lds.org
Raising An All-American: Helping Your Child Excel In Athletics (and in life)
Devin Durrant at BYUCougars.com
NBA stats @ basketballreference.com
BYU Basketball Dream Team @ Utah Valley 360
BYU Basketball's All-Time Starting Five @ SB Nation
Cougar History - Five @ Bleacher Report

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v t e 1984 NBA draft
First round	Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan Sam Perkins Charles Barkley Melvin Turpin Alvin Robertson Lancaster Gordon Otis Thorpe Leon Wood Kevin Willis Tim McCormick Jay Humphries Michael Cage Terence Stansbury John Stockton Jeff Turner Vern Fleming Bernard Thompson Tony Campbell Kenny Fields Tom Sewell Earl Jones Michael Young
Second round	Devin Durrant Victor Fleming Ron Anderson Cory Blackwell Stuart Gray Steve Burtt Jay Murphy Eric Turner Steve Colter Tony Costner Othell Wilson Charles Jones Ben Coleman Charlie Sitton Danny Young Anthony Teachey Tom Sluby Willie White Greg Wiltjer Fred Reynolds Gary Plummer Jerome Kersey Ronnie Williams

v t e 1984 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Patrick Ewing Michael Jordan Akeem Olajuwon Sam Perkins Wayman Tisdale
Second Team	Michael Cage Devin Durrant Keith Lee Chris Mullin Melvin Turpin Leon Wood

v t e Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
1981: Ainge 1982: Garnett 1983: Cage, Durrant & Mannion 1984: Cage 1985: Saarelainen 1986: Watson 1987: Dembo 1988: Smith 1989: Hardaway 1990: Mitchell 1991: J. Grant 1992: Slater 1993: J. Grant 1994: Brown 1995: Van Horn 1996: Van Horn 1997: Carter & Van Horn 1998: Nailon & Shields 1999: Miller & Sasser 2000: Alexander 2001: Ely 2002: Ely 2003: Ross 2004: Snyder 2005: Fazekas 2006: Fazekas 2007: Fazekas 2008: Carroll 2009: Wilkinson 2010: Babbitt 2011: Wesley 2012: Burton 2013: Barone 2014: Mullings 2015: Harrison 2016: Siakam 2017: Baker 2018: Jones 2019: Toolson 2020: Acquaah 2021: Aimaq 2022: Allen 2023: Q. Grant 2024: Grant-Foster

Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year

1981: Ainge
1982: Garnett
1983: Cage, Durrant & Mannion
1984: Cage
1985: Saarelainen
1986: Watson
1987: Dembo
1988: Smith
1989: Hardaway
1990: Mitchell
1991: J. Grant
1992: Slater
1993: J. Grant
1994: Brown
1995: Van Horn
1996: Van Horn
1997: Carter & Van Horn
1998: Nailon & Shields
1999: Miller & Sasser
2000: Alexander
2001: Ely
2002: Ely
2003: Ross
2004: Snyder
2005: Fazekas
2006: Fazekas
2007: Fazekas
2008: Carroll
2009: Wilkinson
2010: Babbitt
2011: Wesley
2012: Burton
2013: Barone
2014: Mullings
2015: Harrison
2016: Siakam
2017: Baker
2018: Jones
2019: Toolson
2020: Acquaah
2021: Aimaq
2022: Allen
2023: Q. Grant
2024: Grant-Foster

v t e General presidencies of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
General President/Superintendents	Cannon (1867–1901) Snow (1901) Smith (1901–18) D.O. McKay (1918–34) Pyper (1934–43) Bennion (1943–49) Hill (1949–66) D.L. McKay (1966–71) Nelson (1971–79) Pinnock (1979–86) Simpson (1986–89) Pinnock (1989–92) Lybbert (1992–94) Didier (1994–95) Hillam (1995–2000) Jensen (2000–01) Samuelson (2001–03) Bateman (2003–04) Merrill (2004–09) Osguthorpe (2009–14) Callister (2014–19) Pace (2019–)
First Counselors/Assistants	Goddard (1872–99) Maeser (1899–1901) G. Reynolds (1901–09) D.O. McKay (1909–18) S. Richards (1918–34) Bennion (1934–43) Hill (1943–49) Reiser (1949–52) D.L. McKay (1952–66) L. Richards (1966–71) Wirthlin (1971–75) B. Poelman (1975–78) J. Christensen (1978–79) Oswald (1979) R. Poelman (1979–81) Hales (1981–85) Komatsu (1985–87) Harris (1987–89) Cuthbert (1989–91) H. Andersen (1991) Rector (1991–92) Cutler (1992–94) Washburn (1994–95) Howard (1995–97) Pace (1997–98) N. Andersen (1998–2001) Groberg (2001–04) Judd (2004–09) McConkie (2009–14) Tanner (2014–15) Durrant (2015–19) Camargo (2019–)
Second Counselors/Assistants	Morgan (1883–94) Maeser (1894–99) G. Reynolds (1899–1901) Tanner (1901–06) D.O. McKay (1907–09) S. Richards (1909–18) Pyper (1918–34) Hill (1934–43) Reiser (1943–49) D.L. McKay (1949–52) L. Richards (1952–66) Derrick (1966–71) Warner (1971–75) J. Christensen (1975–78) Oswald (1978–79) Baird (1979) Goaslind (1979–81) Paramore (1981–83) Dunn (1983–85) R. Poelman (1985–86) Tuttle (1986) Harris (1987) Sonntag (1987–88) Cuthbert (1988–89) Brewerton (1989–90) H. Andersen (1990–91) Craven (1991) Cutler (1991–92) R. Poelman (1992–94) Howard (1994–95) Pace (1995–97) N. Andersen (1997–98) Groberg (1998–2001) Maynes (2001–02) V. Christensen (2002–04) Oswald (2004–09) Richardson (2009–14) Durrant (2014–15) Ashton (2015–19) Newman (2019–)

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