And deservedly so.
Western Kentucky University Sports Information Director Paul Just has distributed a story about it to all WKU media outlets. If just a few of them tell their listeners or readers, it will draw favorable attention to Logan County.
To give you an idea how popular Joseph is around here now, consider this:
When our son Trey learned that Jefferson was coming by the office for an interview a couple of days after he was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts, he asked his brother Clay-- a former basketball teammate of Jefferson's-- to go to Greenwood Mall after he got out of class at WKU and bring home a Colts cap to be autographed.
Clay learned that everything Indy had sold out in Bowling Green just as soon as Joe was drafted.
I suspect there will be a lot of Colts merchandise worn and brought to LCHS tonight, for the 7:30 program. Joseph will undoubtedly have pen in hand for quite a while.
Be sure to ask him how he enjoyed his first plane ride to Indianapolis.
This is also a good chance for the Concerned Citizens to show they are here to serve the entire county, not just Russellville. They've done programs like this for RHS basketball and Russellville Little League baseball.
It has the potential to be a special evening at LCHS.
The University of Kentucky continues its interest in another Logan County football player Terry Clayton. A member of the UK coaching staff was at LCHS recently, following Terry's visit to spring practice.
Also heavily recruiting the quick muscle man is Ohio University, which almost convinced former Russellville/Logan star Teco Dickerson to come north before he signed with Western Kentucky University.
Jefferson, who was Dickerson's teammate at Adairville and Logan, played a big role in influencing Teco to sign with Western.
Teco told me that he wants to wear Jefferson's number 2, but Joseph said he's not ready to let it go. "He's going to have to wait awhile to get the deuce," he said.
My guess is that someday we'll see that number 2 uniform hanging from the walls of L.T. Smith Stadium, having been retired in Joseph's honor.
A player coached by a graduate of Logan County High School has the distinction of being the first Lady Topper recruit signed by Western Kentucky basketball coach Mary Taylor Cowles.
She is Alisha Hunter, a 6-2 junior college transfer from Labette Community College in Parsons, Kan.
"We are very excited about being able to sign a player like Alisha during the late signing period," said Cowles. "We feel that she will be able to step in and contribute to our team immediately. Alisha is very athletic and has a very good sense of the game. Most importantly, she is excited about becoming a Lady Topper."
She played this past season for Coach Josh Matthews Cardinals. A former Cougar, he played junior college basketball in North Carolina and then came back to be a student coach at WKU while Cowles was an assistant. His dad, Bob Matthews, is the former Russellville Lady Panthers coach.
Hunter earned honorable mention All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) during both of her seasons at LCC. She averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and a pair of steals per game and led the KJCCC with a .923 free throw percentage.
"With Alisha, you are getting the total package," said Matthews, who just finished his first year at Labette. "She is the kind of player that can put the ball on the floor, shoot the three and post up against other guards. She will bring a lot of experience to Western having played in one of the toughest junior college conferences in the country that produces several Division I players.
"She is a natural leader that I think will fit in well with what Mary is trying to do at WKU."
If you're out tomorrow night looking for a place to eat, please consider Arby's in Russellville. That restaurant again is giving 10 percent of total sales from 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday to Logan County Youth Basketball.
It's a good chance to help a good cause without having to buy something you don't want or need.
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