The 6 foot 4 inch, 200 pound Husky pitcher, Logan Birr, thrives on competition.

This is a reason he came to SCSU. “Coach Dolan was a turning point in the SCSU program,” Birr said and wanted to be a part of it.

“We bond really well, they are like my brothers, we are like a family and get along really well,” Birr said about his favorite part of the Husky baseball team.

Birr was named one of the captains for the upcoming Husky baseball season. The players vote for the captains and the coaches overlook the selections.

“To get named captain it means people trust you, trust your leadership. They have trust in me, to come talk to me if they are having problems in school or anything. That is why it is special to me,” Birr said.

It was a long journey for Birr to become captain of the Husky baseball team.

“I started this game, gave up six runs and didn’t record an out. That was pretty embarrassing, that was the worst, it sucked,” Birr said of a game he pitched two years ago in summer baseball. The road hasn’t always been rough for Birr.

“I started playing baseball as soon as I could walk,” Birr said. He started playing competitively when he was six years old in tee ball. Birr played baseball all four years of high school for the Apollo Eagles.

When Birr first came to SCSU, he intended on majoring in business. After a year and half of school Birr decided to change his major to criminal justice he explained.

“Ever since I was little I had always talked about it,” Birr said of his current major. He described that it was always something that he wanted to do, and thinks he would like a career in criminal justice.

Any job in the criminal justice field is something Birr said he would like but would prefer to be a cop.

“I feel like I could pull over some people,” Birr said.

Birr admitted that a long term goal of his is to be successful. “Having a nice job, coming home to a nice house, having a good family and having some money,” Birr said about his definition of being successful. “I don’t want to be broke or anything like that.”

Birr admitted he was “kinda boring” but said the one thing he has on his bucket list is to visit all the major league baseball parks and watch a game at each one.

His love for baseball came from his father and brother Birr explained. Birr’s brother played baseball and was five years older than him.

“He always beat me up when my parents weren’t looking,” Birr said of his older brother but explained his family has always been and still are close. Birr also has a sister who is a year younger than him.

“We spent a lot of time together as a family,” Birr said. He described times when his family would go to his grandparents’ house in Arizona and go camping at the big red barn.

“I think that’s what made us so close now, we were always together,” Birr said. “I have been blessed with the family I have.”

Crediting his mother, Birr admits his philosophy in life is “try everything twice.”

The reason behind the saying is “you might not like it the first time,” Birr said. “I always used to hate squash, my mom made me try it again and I loved it.”

While Birr’s mother taught him life lessons, his father brought him hunting since he was able to shoot a gun legally Birr explained. “We hunt for everything: deer, duck and pheasant,” Birr said and admits that he goes bow hunting once in a while with his father when he has time.

Going hunting with a shotgun is a favorite for Birr. “My dad, my brother, two of my cousins and my uncle get away from the city for a weekend and camp,” Birr said of his family’s hunting ritual.

Hunting is not the only outdoor past time Birr enjoys. A friend of Birr’s lives on a lake where they go fishing.

“We caught a snapping turtle one time and now that’s what we go for. We have some stupid obsession with catching it, ‘cause it got away. That was four years ago,” Birr said and admits they still attempt to catch snapping turtles.