Each week, Dave Snell introduces visitors to BradleyBraves.com to two student-athletes through a video chat.  Today's "Meet the Braves" feature spotlights senior baseball player Joe Bircher.  A native of Omaha, Neb., Bircher is president of the Braves Council student-athlete advisory board and was a second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection in 2011.  As the Braves prepare for their 2012 home opener Wednesday night versus UIC, Bircher (3-0) is tied for fifth nationally with 44 strikeouts in his first five starts this season and he ranks seventh among active college pitchers with 233 career strikeouts.

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