Joe re-wrote the baseball record books in his two-year career at Cloud County. He was a two-time team captain and two-time team MVP of the thunderbird baseball team while starting and playing in every game during his career. Goedert batted a school-record .510 in 1979 ranking him third nationally in the NJCAA while setting school records for hits and RBI’s. He hit .476 in his sophomore season of 1980, ranking sixth nationally. Goedert went on to play at Kansas State University where he earned honorable mention All-Big 8 honors in 1981 and 1982, finishing his KSU career with a then school-record .371 batting average. A graduate of Hastings, NE, and St. Cecilia HS, Joe and his family currently reside in Concordia.