Freshman Lion King Conaway gets lots of questions about his movie character name.
He is named after the famous Disney movie starring a lion named Simba who struggles with finding his place in the animal kingdom.
“I like my name,” says Lion King, who played on the freshman basketball team this year. On or off the court, his name attracts as much attention as a wildebeest in a pack of hyenas. When he meets new people, “They always say, ‘What? Are you serious? Is that your real name?’ And then I say, ‘Yes.’”
No word yet on whether his son will be named Lion King II.