Taryn Murata
- Height: 5-1
- Year: Freshman
- Position: Forward
- Hometown: Mililani, Oahu
- High School: Mililani HS
Prep: A
2000 graduate of Mililani High School in Mililani, 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.