Winning Spirit Magazine November - December 2018

NOV/DEC 2018 Employee Anniversaries UTAH Decades of Dribbling Utah Jazz Celebrate 40th Season The Utah Jazz are wearing Nike Classic Edition purple uniforms at select games during the 2018-19 campaign as the franchise celebrates its 40th season of NBA basketball in the state of Utah. The uniform replicates the classic purple style worn by the Jazz on the road for the majority of two decades during the mid-1980s and early 1990s. The Classic Edition uniforms feature the original Utah Jazz logo in gold and white on the front chest of the jersey, and the original J-Note logo is placed on the front left leg of the shorts. For the second-straight season, the jerseys also include a patch, sponsored by Qualtrics, with the 5 For The Fight logo representing the campaign for cancer research, and the Nike logo on both the jersey and shorts. The Jazz relocated to Utah for the 1979–80 campaign after spending their first five seasons in New Orleans. Larry and Gail Miller purchased 50 percent of the franchise in 1985 and the remaining 50 percent the following year, having solely owned and operated the organization ever since. Last year, the team announced ownership of the Jazz, and Vivint Smart Home Arena was transferred into a Legacy Trust in order to keep the franchise in Utah for generations to come. On the court, the Jazz have enjoyed 15 seasons of 50-plus wins and own a .557 regular-season winning percentage (1,753–1,397) since beginning play in Utah. Frank Layden assumed head coaching duties during the 1981–82 season and led the club to its first playoff berth in 1984, beginning a streak of 20 consecutive postseason appearances under Layden and Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan, which included back-to-back NBA Finals berths in 1997 and 1998. This season, the Jazz will wear their Classic Edition jerseys seven times at home and six times on the road for a total of 13 games: Nov. 7 vs. Dallas, Nov. 26 vs. Indiana, Dec. 6 vs. Houston, Dec. 10 at Oklahoma City, Dec. 21 at Portland, Jan. 1 at Toronto, Jan. 5 at Detroit, Jan. 9 vs. Orlando, March 4 vs. New Orleans, March 13 at Phoenix, March 29 vs. Washington, April 1 vs. Charlotte, April 7 at L.A. Lakers. ◆ 35 YEAR Gael Pyper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BNT 30 YEAR Ron Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ 25 YEAR Kelly McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BNT 20 YEAR Ever Mendez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHV Jeanie Scavo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHV Karen Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MMC Philip Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMT Rick Stubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADR 15 YEAR Adam Tillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Alan Weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Craig Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMT Jason Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LCJ Jeff rey Byrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Stacey Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Thomas Roy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LLX 10 YEAR Annette M. Prickett . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIV Bonita Wrana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Chandelle Skuppin . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Derrek DeGraaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BEES Eric Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHV Estevan Marrujo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Gerardo Vindas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALH Ivan Rowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAO John Rasmussen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Justin Wooster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Karlee Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Krista Watts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MMC Lori Greer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Luis Guerrero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Marian Ciubotaru . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UCS Michael Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Oscar Estrada-Castillo . . . . . . . . . . VIV Quintin Jolley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JSH Ryan Crowley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Santiago Pacheco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Seth Bahling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Stephan Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR Timothy P. Glowczewski . . . . . . . . VIV 5 YEAR Aaron Buchei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Adrian Sandoval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHV Albrian Keesie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LMD Alexandra Gren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Amber Stalnaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Biljana Nadjalin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HYN Brandon Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUC Brandon Youngstrom . . . . . . . . . . MUR Brittany Reyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCD Bryce Bervig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCS Carlos Macias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Chad Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Charles Weyand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LIT Cynthia Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TDR Dakota Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TCA David Davenport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Eduardo Alonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PCH Edward Amarillas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TDR Elvis Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Faarich Van Den Dungen Bille . . DGE Hayley Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LFL Jacob White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADR Jacob Witbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCD James Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TDR Jaquel Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Jeff rey Crofts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Jeremy Howe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RCD Jillian Stacey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Jo La . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MUR John Karhut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Jonathan Cordano . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHO Joshua Hanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Joshua Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MMC Julio Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FNZ Justin Nash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Katelyn Landaal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HYN Kaylee Yamashita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Kenneth Farnsworth . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Kevin Schofield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Lanny Berrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCD Leroy Ortega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Lydia Gutierrez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Maria Farfan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Matthew Overman . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Matthew Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Michael Radig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVW Michael Shaiyah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PNX Michelle Luthi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Monica Flores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Patrick Whittaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIV Rachel Marconato . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAZZ Rachel Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Ranulfo Delgado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MNI Regina Felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ATO Richard Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MEG Ronald Tomek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BSU Sara Corbin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Sara Waldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAO Sarah Ashling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACD Sean M. Smither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIV Shant Krikorian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ACJ Shawn Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SFO Tien Phan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HON Tiff any Thornley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PFS Travis Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TDR Vanessa Longoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SLE William Harbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NHR LHMWSM.com 13

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