Get the player's "nametag"/"chat" name

I need a string to identify players for an external API. I don't mind if the name is not stable across sessions (ex. player changing their Steam display name). My first thought for this was the player's nametag name - how can I get a player's display name as it appears in the BPW_PlayerNameTag widget from a server context? Alternatively, any other string identifier for players should work for my use case.

Solution:

PlayerState's Get PlayerName function seems to return it. tested on dedicated server, code running server side, and it gives me the name that appears when I send a chat message

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