Nakase was hired as the Valkyries head coach in October 2024 after serving three seasons as an Aces assistant coach.

Albert and I were co-chairs of NSU for winter and spring quarters that year.I think it made me more aware.

multiple generations of patients of mine.Albert: There was still discrimination.And it creates that sense of family and the local Japanese American community because that to me is an important piece.

and I may have taken more of a lead role in the 1981-82 academic year (my senior year).I think the Cultural Night themes that Ive seen so far instill some appreciation of the history and some of the hardships that some of the our ancestors went through.

By MICHELLE TIOKen Minami and brothers Albert Saisho and Kenji Saisho co-founded the Nikkei Student Union.

I think from the very beginning.That must have been music to the ears of her father.

after the graduation this spring of four seniors.Lana said he might be even more excited than she is about going to UNLV.

and all the courses at Pacific Grove.Its kind of like an ‘in your face.