For my wife · Ten years in

Rachel Summers.

All-American at BYU. The Cougars called her a middle blocker. Her teammates called her "Flyer Dyer." Our kids call her Mom. I call her home.

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Jersey: #44
Position: Middle Blocker
Years at BYU: 2004 – 2008
Career kills: 1,140

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A site, for her

Some people deserve a homepage about them.

Rachel has spent her life making excellence look effortless — at the net, in the audit room, at the head of a state agency, at the head of our table. This is a small, permanent place for the moments that made her her.

On the court

Flyer Dyer

1,140 career kills. .411 hitting in '07 — fourth all-time at BYU. The night she dropped 22 on #6 Washington.

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After the court

MPA · Auditor · Director

An MPA, years of state audit work, and a run as Director of the Department of Corrections. Public service, executed.

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At home

Mother of ours

The seventh of ten kids — and one of the best mothers I've ever known. The job she's most proud of.

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How it started

She was going to give me fifteen minutes.

Ninety minutes later, I knew.

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Through the years

Same person, just a longer story.

From pigtails to Provo to the Director's chair to a houseful of kids. Six frames, one woman.

2013 · Capitol

Pre-us, pre-Director, already her

2007 NCAA Tournament

"First BYU Sweet 16 in nearly a decade."

December 2007. Rachel posted 22 kills on .625 hitting in BYU's NCAA Tournament upset of #6 Washington — then went for 15 kills and 8 blocks against #16 Middle Tennessee State, lifting the Cougars to the Regional Finals for the first time since 1998. The middle was hers.