University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2002 (Junior): Appeared in four games as a reserve outside midfielder...provides speed and hustle off a deep Hawai`i bench...a UH Scholar-AthleteÂ…will add leadership as one of four seniors.

2001 (Sophomore): Played in eight matches as a reserve midfielder...recorded her first collegiate assist at Sacramento State (Sep. 30).

2000 (Freshman): Played in six games at wing midfielder...made first collegiate appearance against Northern Arizona (Sept. 1)...played in road games at Pepperdine (Sep. 8), UC Santa Barbara (Sep. 10) and Cal State Northridge (Sep. 24)...took no shots.

Prep: A 2000 graduate of Mililani High School on Oahu...lettered two years in soccer and four years in judo...won state and Oahu Interscholastic Association judo championships at 98 pounds...OIA Western Division judo champ in junior and senior seasons...helped guide Mililani soccer team to a fourth place finish in the 2000 Hawai'i state tournament...graduated summa cum laude with a 3.9 cumulative grade point average...a four-year honor-roll student...a member of her school's Key and Environmental clubs.

Personal: Born Oct. 7, 1982, in Honolulu... favorites include Team USA soccer star Mia Hamm, the color yellow, chicken, and actors Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant...would like to have met late professional surfer Rell Sunn ...lists her mother as the most inspirational person in her life... aspires to become a police detective...has a sister...parents are Marsha Murata of Mililani, Oahu, and John Murata of Kapolei, Oahu.