Image credit: cfjctoday Brad Yamaoka Kamloops’ Yamaoka to be inducted into B.C. Football Hall of Fame Sep 18, 2019 5:54 AM

KAMLOOPS —- An outstanding high school player at Kamloops Secondary and the MVP in their 1990 championship team (a 36-7 victory over Centennial).

Yamaoka went on to play at UBC following his secondary school career and was named a 1992 Western Conference All-Star.

At UBC, Yamaoka led the Thunderbirds in rushing in three of his five seasons there and, as of 2019, holds the UBC records for rushing attempts in a season (set in 1992) and career rushing attempts.

He went on to play in the CFL for the BC Lions and Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1997 to 2003.