Q&A // Asia Logan, Digital Harbor, basketball

February 27, 2008

Digital Harbor's girls team has had a significant rise in the Baltimore City league during the past two seasons, and sophomore Asia Logan is a big reason why. An athletic, 6-foot small forward with a smooth jump shot, Logan has helped the Rams to a 16-6 overall record, including a 14-3 mark in the city league. An Amateur Athletic Union veteran who went to nationals with the Lady Lions this past summer, she averages 16.5 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks a game for the Rams. Logan also hones her skills playing against her father, 6-7 James Logan. She has an 85 average in school and is interested in computers and chemistry.

Were you pretty good at basketball to start or did it take a while to develop?

All my coaches said I had the talent and the potential and I believed them, so that's what drives me to push harder and just be successful. You said you were 5 when you started playing basketball.

Why did you stick with it?

I just fell in love with it the moment the ball touched my hands. I like the offense, the defense, the people who play, everything. I just love the game.

What are you studying?

I'm in IT networking. I love putting computers together. That's the reason I really came to this school because of the computers, all the equipment they have.

What do you want to study in college?

I love chemistry, too. I like to see how other things work, not just computers, how things work chemically and physically. I just love watching that.

Were you always an inquisitive kid, the kind who liked to take toys apart and see how they work?

Probably. When I was younger, I always like to experiment with stuff. I would pour some kind of juice and mix it with orange juice to see what I could get. I just love that kind of stuff.

You didn't blow up anything in the kitchen, did you?

No (laughs). It was always safe stuff. Your team got involved in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Think Pink promotion.

What did you do?

Think Pink. That's about breast cancer awareness, so we wear pink shoe laces and pink warmups to show support for people with breast cancer.

Has anyone in your family suffered from breast cancer?

No, but we have two workers here [at Digital Harbor] that have had cancer and we want to show support to them and to other people who have had breast cancer.

Do you have a role model?

Yes. Marah Strickland [two-time All-Metro Player of the Year now starting at Maryland]. I love the way she plays and she has that fire. I need to get that fire. ... She's a wonderful player.

Is your father your biggest fan?

Yes. I love my father. He inspires me. He really helps me. He thinks he can beat me but he really can't (laughs). It helps me because I know in college there's going to be girls taller than me, so if I can play him, I can play them. If you had one wish guaranteed to come true, what would you wish for?

I'd wish that we [the Rams], as a team, can play on the same team in the WNBA. I love my team ... and I just want to keep them with me, because they push me harder.

- KATHERINE DUNN

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