Murakami joined the Bruin as a junior transfer in 2018 and contributed until 2019. She spent time on the men's and women's golf beats.

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The Quad: Reflecting on legacy of UCLA&#8217;s first Japanese-American varsity baseball player

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Kiyoshi Patrick Okura was a varsity athlete before World War II. But afterward, he became a civil rights leader. With a number of laws put in place to create anti-Japanese and anti-Asian-American sentiment at the time, Okura struggled with both professional and athletic opportunities throughout his lifetime – the beginning of World War II only put him at a further disadvantage.

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The Quad: Reflecting on legacy of UCLA’s first Japanese-American varsity baseball player

By Michelle Murakami

Feb. 25, 2019 8:44 p.m.