Past Utahns of the Year — from Karl Malone to Elizabeth Smart to gay-marriage plaintiffs to Orrin Hatch

Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Tribune's 2016 Utahn of the Year — Madi Barney, pictured Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2016, in front of an oil painting by Utahn Lee Cowan titled "Heed the Firmament to the Eighth." Through Barney's willingness to go public about Brigham Young University's handling of her rape case, she changed the discussion on campus sexual assault across the state. Barney launched a petition requesting Honor Code amnesty for BYU students who report sex crimes that resulted in the school's policy change not to punish sexual assault victims for Honor Code violations in connection with their reports.

Past Utahns of the Year — from Karl Malone to Elizabeth Smart to gay-marriage plaintiffs to Orrin Hatch

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