Ranked table tennis player Ren Murakami finds passion in coaching

By: Alan Brads Table tennis players from Cedarville who volleyed plastic balls for hours every week flooded the rec center’s exercise room, chatting excitedly about who they thought had a chance to win second place in the intramural tournament.  “Second place?” said the intramural supervisor. “Why not first?” “Not today,” said one contestant simply. “Ren’s coming” Growing up in Japan, Ren Murakami played table tennis as often as he could, but not as often ...