Hall of Fame
2010 Inductees to the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame
Joe Ghedina
Mendham High School 1995
Hofstra University 1999
A 1995 graduate of Mendham High School, Joe Ghedina was selected as an All-American, named first-team All Division, and was named first team All-State in 1995. He also scored the game-winning goal in overtime to help Mendham to the 1994 State Championship.
Joe played one season at Rutgers University before transferring to Hofstra, where he was named America East Conference second team in 1998 and first team in 1999. In 1998 he was ranked 7th in the nation in faceoff percentage, and led the nation in 1999.
He went on to play professionally first in the WLA , playing for the Okanagan Thunder, where he was chosen as the 2000 team Rookie of the Year. He was drafted to play in the indoor National Lacrosse League for the New York Saints from 2000-2003; and then with the Anaheim Storm in 2004; and the New York Titans in 2007. At the time of his retirement, he was ranked #7 in career face-off wins (769) in the NLL. Joe also played professionally in Major League Lacrosse (outdoors) for the Long Island Lizards in 2001-02, winning the MLL Championship in 2001 and earning the MLL Sobe Iron Lizard award in 2001; and for New Jersey Pride from 2003-06.
Joe served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Mendham, from 2000-04 and again in 2008-09. He and his wife, Kara, have two daughters, Reagan and Larissa; his parents, Jules and Lorraine, and sister and brother-in-law Chris and Mike Driscoll, remain dedicated lacrosse fans.
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