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AIJI TASHIRO

Man Of Many Talents Was First Asian American On UC Basketball Team

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Cam Miller 🎥
Jan 27, 2023
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AIJI TASHIRO-UC 1927

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The University of Cincinnati star basketball player Ellis Flax walked hurriedly past the group of students, who were shooting baskets on a makeshift goal attached to a tree. Flax was running late to class, but someone in that group of students made him stop to watch. Aiji Tashiro, a sophomore engineering student was running circles a…

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