Leading rookies in Utah in 2024, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Scott Preston (Central Bank, NMLS #2569808), Connie Denton (Jordan Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2592670), and Andrew Pelishek (Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2582562).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Scott Preston | 2569808 | Central Bank | 539119 | Provo, UT | $4.7M | 5 | $934K |
| #2 | Connie Denton | 2592670 | Jordan Federal Credit Union | 402456 | South Jordan, UT | $3.7M | 29 | $126K |
| #3 | Andrew Pelishek | 2582562 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Draper, UT | $3.4M | 8 | $429K |
| #4 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.4M | 7 | $487K |
| #5 | Holly Fillmore | 2621900 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Troy, MI | $2.8M | 5 | $570K |
| #6 | Austin Banditson | 2479810 | 1st Source Funding, Inc. | 859805 | West Jordan, UT | $2.7M | 6 | $458K |
| #7 | Nicholas Larsen | 2557353 | West Ridge Financial Corp | 267440 | Alpine, UT | $2.3M | 5 | $462K |
| #8 | Cristian Rivas Villafana | 1122503 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $1.8M | 5 | $361K |
| #9 | Kenny Vong | 2411270 | CITADEL SERVICING CORPORATION | 144549 | Irvine, CA | $1.8M | 2 | $902K |
| #10 | Jana Ellsworth | 2568411 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Pleasant Grove, UT | $1.7M | 3 | $559K |
| #11 | Thanh Dinh | 2029532 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $1.7M | 4 | $415K |
| #12 | Grant Huish | 2608590 | TACA Mortgage LLC | 1936553 | Murray, UT | $1.6M | 4 | $411K |
| #13 | Ryan Holman | 2561692 | BHB Mortgage, LLC | 2472472 | Cedar City, UT | $1.6M | 4 | $401K |
| #14 | Sabrina Spellman | 2553885 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.5M | 7 | $221K |
| #15 | Braxton Futrell | 2582228 | Rockwell Mortgage LLC | 2413381 | South Jordan, UT | $1.5M | 3 | $484K |
| #16 | Paul Romain | 2594746 | Staunton Financial, Inc. | 140012 | Southfield, MI | $1.4M | 3 | $470K |
| #17 | Clinton Cowley | 2628860 | Zenlo Lending LLC | 1872884 | Lehi, UT | $1.4M | 3 | $455K |
| #18 | Jana Kiemm | 2569970 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | $1.4M | 10 | $136K |
| #19 | Matthew Thatcher | 2579795 | Equity 1st Funding Corp | 111718 | Murray, UT | $1.3M | 3 | $441K |
| #20 | Christopher Correa | 2149124 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Chicago, IL | $1.3M | 2 | $652K |
| #21 | Jeffrey Petersen | 363207 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $1.2M | 4 | $306K |
| #22 | Hamah Bradley | 2612962 | PNC Bank, National Association | 446303 | — | $1.2M | 3 | $395K |
| #23 | Dominic Smith | 2576945 | Reliant Home Loans LLC | 1945532 | Salt Lake City, UT | $1.2M | 3 | $387K |
| #24 | Trejan Matagi | 2527361 | Ultimate Home Lending, LLC | 2259749 | — | $1.1M | 2 | $531K |
| #25 | Kevin Cabas | 2603560 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | — | $1.0M | 2 | $511K |
| #26 | Terrence Walker | 2564285 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $933K | 5 | $187K |
| #27 | Kelly Stratford | 2580834 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | South Ogden, UT | $919K | 2 | $460K |
| #28 | Kaden Niemann | 2605716 | Bolt Home Mortgage, LLC | 2583581 | Logan, UT | $893K | 3 | $298K |
| #29 | Mohammad Baydoun | 2612447 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $839K | 3 | $280K |
| #30 | Manuel Rojas | 2611977 | Bank of Utah | 422914 | — | $813K | 4 | $203K |
| #31 | Calvin Meade | 19837 | RANLife, Inc. | 3151 | — | $781K | 3 | $260K |
| #32 | Rebecka White | 219832 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Layton, UT | $769K | 2 | $384K |
| #33 | Jennifer Nielsen | 2601229 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $763K | 1 | $763K |
| #34 | Hannah Varner | 2607852 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | — | $744K | 5 | $149K |
| #35 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | $738K | 3 | $246K |
| #36 | Connor Boulton | 2580540 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $728K | 2 | $364K |
| #37 | Ronald Johnson | 2563600 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $671K | 2 | $335K |
| #38 | Adam Olivas | 2564012 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $668K | 2 | $334K |
| #39 | McKinley Pollei | 2488731 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | St George, UT | $667K | 2 | $334K |
| #40 | Campbell Johnstone | 2586941 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $649K | 2 | $325K |
| #41 | Samantha Dorgelo | 2591047 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $643K | 1 | $643K |
| #42 | Jason Sam | 2636813 | FastTrack Mortgage Inc | 1847199 | Fruit Heights, UT | $636K | 2 | $318K |
| #43 | Rilee Birdsley | 2319375 | Reliant Home Loans LLC | 1945532 | Salt Lake City, UT | $618K | 1 | $618K |
| #44 | Patrick Leland | 2586154 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $591K | 1 | $591K |
| #45 | Armando Garcia | 1565851 | KAI Lending LLC | 2782376 | Midvale, UT | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #46 | Maurice Dydell | 2568366 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $559K | 3 | $186K |
| #47 | SAMANTHA STEELE | 2590609 | Primerica Mortgage, LLC | 1723477 | Duluth, GA | $553K | 1 | $553K |
| #48 | Mario Martinez | 2471662 | Innovative Mortgage Solutions LLC | 140437 | Saratoga Springs, UT | $551K | 1 | $551K |
| #49 | Brian Walton | 2642702 | 3 Keys Lending, LLC | 1920697 | Bluffdale, UT | $545K | 1 | $545K |
| #50 | Morris Broussard | 2276442 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Dallas, TX | $544K | 1 | $544K |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Volume — Utah (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/utah/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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