While a student at the school in 1940.

Masaos journey through baseball history is one of resilience.Masao was a charter member of the Nisei Baseball Research Project.

Photos provided by Nisei Baseball Research ProjectMasao Iriyama (second from right) was among the honorees at the 1998 exhibit and tribute to Nisei pioneers at the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Your legacy will live on through the game you loved and the people whose lives you touched.The Nisei Baseball Research Project (NBRP) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded by Kerry Yo Nakagawa to preserve the history of Japanese American baseball.

By KERRY YO NAKAGAWA and BILL STAPLESNisei Baseball Research ProjectMasao Iriyama.His contributions were also recognized at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and in Tokyo.

Despite such profound personal loss.

where he left an indelible mark.The two hit the ground in an open field in 2000 block of Goetz Road.

4 at Riverside University Health Systems Medical Center in Moreno Valley.Black is also survived by her mother.

Chase died that day at Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar and Black on Aug.She loved to venture out and try different activities.