Q&A: OSU's Orie Lemon

 
By Jenni Carlson
Published: August 30, 2008

Jenni Carlson: I've got to ask you about your name. What's the story with Orie?

Orie Lemon : I got my name from my dad's best friend who had passed. Orie C. My middle name is C. Just a C. They called him O.C., so that's where I got my name.

JC: So, your middle name is just ...

OL: C.

JC: Is it C period?

OL: Just C.

JC: Your dad's friend — was Orie a nickname?

OL: That was...


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