By day, Wofford's Noah Dahlman prefers to be called "Mr. D."
It's not a nickname for the reigning Southern Conference Player of the Year, the dominating big man on campus who last season led the Terriers to their first league title and NCAA tournament appearance.
It's not a title bestowed upon the descendant of basketball royalty who was raised on a farm in small-town Minnesota to become a rebounding legend and eventually one of the most relentless scorers in the nation (20.6 ppg).
No, Mr. D. is simply what his students call him. While Dahlman, in his senior year, is leading Wofford at the top of the SoCon South Division standings, he is also spending his final semester in a unique classroom setting, teaching American history to 11th graders at Chesnee (S.C.) High School.
With Noah's picture constantly appearing in the newspaper alongside stories of his heroics, the kids in history class quickly caught on to his alter ego. Even in the old cotton-mill community of Chesnee, anonymity can be hard to come by for Spartanburg's Superman.
"I want to be known as Mr. Dahlman in the classroom," Noah said. "I don't want to be known as a basketball player-teacher -- just as a teacher."
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