Another fun fact. MLP was Moroni Lee in HS until he changed his name to Moroni

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Feb 27, 2017
12:15:24pm

osbooks All-American

Laulu-Pututau. It's also a family-connection name, and I think its cool to go with the family roots.

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Dayan Lake is now Dayan Ghanwoloku

donnerstag

2/27/17 11:13am

What's the back story here?

Bob Vance

2/27/17 11:14am

Maybe "Lake" is just an Anglicized version of his African name

Indy Coug

2/27/17 11:18am

Maybe a bit euphemized too. Dayan Puddle or something might not've worked.

mantis mutu

2/27/17 2:45pm

I would guess he is Americo-Liberian. A lot of former slaves in Liberia with

ChinoCoug

2/27/17 3:57pm

That is true

Indy Coug

2/27/17 4:00pm

Felt left out with all the other hard to pronounce names on the team.

soupie

2/27/17 11:19am

Looks like this might (or might not) be a connection.

foofcoug

2/27/17 11:21am

Dayan was born in Liberia

donnerstag

2/27/17 11:23am

Good for him! That's a very cool and respectful thing to do.

Shaka

2/27/17 12:30pm

It's actually pronounced mili-walk-ae, meaning, the good land

Y4LYFE

2/27/17 1:00pm

Another fun fact. MLP was Moroni Lee in HS until he changed his name to Moroni

osbooks

2/27/17 12:15pm

so...."Dayan"

dryflyelk

2/27/17 3:24pm

He should have changed his first name to Dylan

boorad

2/27/17 5:18pm

I'm pretty sure his grandmas name is river song.

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