Pelé.

Bono.

Shakira.

Elmo.

Nolan.

Every circle of people has its one-name icon; that singular star who needs no further introduction. Even before he did an entire Tuolumne trip in his Speedo (he swam and played water polo at Monte Vista High), and even before he hosted a trip-ending Talent Show on the Green River in his wrestling singlet (he was a heavyweight at San Jose State) and even before he showed up for the 2008 season with a Mohawk (we have no idea why he did this), he was Nolan.

Just Nolan.

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