Only recently the world has learned of “Hei Hei," the Michigan softball team’s mascot and rally chicken named for the character in the animated movie “Moana.”
Hei Hei (pronounced hey-hey) was once a pink chicken dog toy and, according to third baseman Taylor Bump, just appeared one day in the dugout earlier this season. It wears a Michigan beer koozie as a top and white Air Jordan-like “shoes," and otherwise dresses for the occasion.
The Wolverines are in Orlando, Florida, for the NCAA Regionals. Lexie Blair was interviewed while holding Hei Hei after Friday’s game in which she hit the winning two-run single in Michigan’s 2-1 victory over South Dakota State in Game 1.