This is the fourth in a series of four articles profiling the 2016 inductees into the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of FameBUTLER TWP — The Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame has become a family affair for Des Schnur.The 1987 Butler graduate and former Golden Tornado pitching great will become the third family member inducted — joining brother Curt Schnur and cousin Jeff McAnallen — when he joins the Hall during a 5 p.m. Dec. 23 gathering in the high school cafeteria.The Butler Hall of Fame was formed in 2010.“It’s a great honor to be selected,” Schnur said. “And to join two other family members in there means the world to me.”Schnur was a three-year letter winner for the Tornado, winning the Fireman’s award in 1986 with a 3-0 record and 0.78 earned run average. He was voted section MVP in 1987, putting together a 5-2 record. His lone losses were by scores of 1-0 and 2-0.He had 64 strikeouts in 53 innings pitched, posted a 1.46 ERA and hit .294 as a designated hitter.“The other coaches in the section voted me MVP. It was nice to be respected that much by the opposition,” Schnur said.Schnur went on to become a four-year starting pitcher at the University of Pittsburgh, receiving the Thomas G. Bigley Scholarship for baseball. He led the Panthers in wins in 1988.“I was never a professional prospect or anything,” Schnur said. “I went to Pitt for the engineering program. Having a chance to play baseball there just added to it.“I was fortunate to play four years there and pitch against major league caliber talent. I faced Mo Vaughn and Craig Biggio, who played for Seton Hall, and hit against Mike Mussina in the Keystone Games.“Vaughn hit one of the longest home runs I’ve ever given up. They’re still talking about that one.”Schnur said his best pitch was a curve ball he learned from his grandfather, George Schnur, at a young age.“I started throwing that curve in Little League,” he said. “I threw it my entire career.“You live by the curve, you die by the curve. I gave up some long home runs, but I got a lot more outs with that pitch.”Schnur has worked as an engineer for ATI in Natrona Heights for 25 years and is now Director of Product Management there. He went on to play Eagle County baseball for nearly 20 years.A number of those years were spent playing on the Saxonburg team with his brother and cousins. They claimed a few league championships.“Fond memories, for sure,” Schnur said.His son, Cody, plays on the boys volleyball team at Butler and plays baseball for East Butler during the summer. His daughter, Allison, is a freshman at Butler and plays volleyball and basketball.“I’ve coached ny son’s baseball teams all the way up and he’ll be playing Legion next summer,” Schnur said. “I’m looking forward to that.“I’ve really enjoyed coaching and giving back to kids. Sports can do a lot for a person. I know it did for me.”