TIES THAT BIND: This BYU grad is linked to Kresimir Cosic like no one else
It’s Jared Price, a BYU Graduate Whose Remarkable Connection to Krešimir Ćosić is Unlike Anyone Else’s:
🏀 A Unique Bond, Across Time and Culture
Mission Roots
Price served as a missionary in the Slovenia–Ljubljana mission (2002–04), which included Croatia. He saw firsthand the legacy of Ćosić, who played a key role in introducing the LDS Church to the region.
> “Kreso … convinced the government to allow the missionaries into Croatia in the first place.”
Translator of Record
In 2008, Price joined a three-person team to revise the Book of Mormon in Croatian—the same sacred text Ćosić had helped translate back in the 1970s. As the mission’s only native English speaker, he tackled every nuance of language and meaning.
> “The church called and invited me … wild because Kresimir did that.”
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Why This Connection Matters
Unlike anyone else, Price embodies Ćosić’s influence beyond the basketball court—serving in Croatia, teaching its language, and furthering the church’s scriptures in its native tongue. Their stories might never have crossed directly, but their impact intertwines through time.
Today, Price lives in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He’s a former AncestryDNA engineer and now leads Eddy, a small‑business HR/payroll software company. Yet, it’s the intangible ties—mission leadership, language, service—that bind him uniquely to Cosic.
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About Krešimir Ćosić
All‑American BYU basketball star, played No. 11 (his jersey was retired in 2006)
First European to earn U.S. All‑American honors (1972, 1973)
Converted to LDS faith at BYU, helped establish the Church and translated scripture in Croatia
Yugoslav Olympic standout and later Croatian Deputy Ambassador to the U.S.
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In summary: Jared Price is the one person most deeply tied to Ćosić—not through sports or blood, but through cultural, linguistic, and spiritual legacy. His path crosses Ćosić’s at key moments: the mission field and the translator’s desk—cementing a bond “like no one else.”
