Archive: Toledo Rocket Success Stories
By Paul Helgren, Associate Athletic Director for Communications
TOLEDO, Ohio – Angel Woliver will never forget the first time her son Adrian called her "Mom."
Adrian, now a senior defensive lineman on the University of Toledo football team, was 13 years old at the time. He and his two younger siblings, Chad (11) and Melanie (9), had been adopted by Angel and her husband (also named Chad) two years earlier. But whereas young Chad and Melanie quickly grew accustomed to calling the new adults in their life "Mom" and "Dad," Adrian was more circumspect.