According to Google, the 10 most common words first spoken in English, in order, are the following:
 
Mommy, daddy, ball, bye, hi, no, dog, baby, woof, woof and banana.
 
Oscar Tshiebwe's first words? Well, if you bleed gold and blue then you are going to be pleasantly surprised. We'll let Bob Huggins take it from here.
 
"He came to a game in Charleston with the people from Mountain Mission, and I said, 'How are you Oscar?' and he said 'West Virginia.' (Those were) the first two words Oscar could ever speak in English," Huggins said.
 
Tsiebwe hails from The Democratic Republic of The Congo, which is more than a couple of tanks of gas away from the Star City exit, but he has taken to West Virginia University just like anyone would who came here from Weirton to Welch, Martinsburg to Matewan and all points in between.
 
"The coolest moment is when I get on the basketball court. When you see me out there during the national anthem I am praying and do this (motioning to the sky); I'm thankful for West Virginia," Tshiebwe said. "I am playing for these people here and that's why we work so hard for everybody. We've got to make them happy and do (well.)"
 
There are about 1.8 million people sporting the Flying WV who are thanking Mbuyi and Kaya Rosalie Tshiebwe every day for letting their son get on an airplane to chase his dreams in the United States.
 
They loved him in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, too, where he once played at Kennedy Catholic, and they're going to love him wherever life ends up taking him after WVU.
 
There are just some people in this world who are impossible not to like and Oscar just happens to be one of them.
 
"He's a wonderful young guy. Things don't bother him. He's always happy. He loves being here. He loves the opportunity he's been given. He just loves West Virginia," Huggins said.
 
Always smiling, always happy Oscar Tshiebwe is one big teddy bear off the court. Go back and watch the Christmas video of the team's visit to WVU Medicine Children's and that big dude all dressed up like Santa Claus was none other than Oscar. 
 
His bright smile brought smiles to people in a place where smiling is oftentimes difficult. He's that way with everyone, everywhere - right up until the time he steps on the basketball court.
 
Then it's time to go to work.

"He's a monster," Kansas' Bill Self said after watching Tshiebwe go to work against his Jayhawks earlier this month.
 
"Tshiebwe is a man," Texas coach Shaka Smart said following West Virginia's 38-point victory over the Longhorns earlier this week.
 
And as good as Oscar's been so far as a freshman, nearly averaging a double-double (as good as advertised, by the way) Huggins believes he has only scratched the surface. 
 
"He wants to learn. He wants to get better," the coach says. "He spends a lot of time watching film and our other guys deserve a lot of credit because they've really helped him."
 
"You've got to work to be the best," Tshiebwe added. "It's not about being tall (and talented). You've got to use your head sometimes to do (well)."
 
Indeed, you do Big Oscar!
 
This week's Life as a Mountaineer was produced by Sarah Ramundt and is presented each week by our friends at Panhandle Cleaning & Restoration.