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For four years now, two of the best players on the UW-Green Bay men’s and women’s basketball teams have had their last names mispronounced, Fox 11’s Tom Ristow reports. Rachel Porath is a four-year starter who will likely be an All-Horizon League first-teamer for the second year in a row. Problem is, her name isn’t pronounced “Por-ATH.” It’s…”‘Porth.’ The ‘a’ is silent,” Porath explained. “I’ve just never corrected anybody.” On the men’s side, Ryan Tillema made a strong case to be the Horizon League player of the year. He too has a silent vowel in his surname. “‘TILL-ma.’ Ryan ‘TILL-ma,” he said. “You could say it with the ‘e’ more: ‘Till-e-ma,’ but my family always said ‘TILL-ma.'” See more on Phoenix phonics here.