heyitsjeremy

Ah ha! I got it. In case anyone else needs it:

Add this to you template-functions-category.php file:

function get_cat_nicename($cat_ID) {
$cat_ID = (int) $cat_ID;
$category = &get_category($cat_ID);
return $category->category_nicename;
}

And then this to your template-functions-general.php file:

function single_cat_nicename($prefix = '', $display = true ) {
$cat = intval( get_query_var('cat') );
if ( !empty($cat) && !(strtoupper($cat) == 'ALL') ) {
$my_cat_name = get_cat_nicename($cat);
if ( !empty($my_cat_name) ) {
if ( $display )
echo $prefix.strip_tags($my_cat_name);
else
return strip_tags($my_cat_name);
}
}
}

Then you can just call it via a template file:

<?php /* If this is a category archive */ if (is_category()) { single_cat_nicename(); }?>