I went to a festival and met former WVU star’s mother

I keep running into relatives of famous people. 

When we were in The Villages, Florida for three winter months I crossed paths with Susie Williams Dodd, daughter of Roy Williams, Jerry West's East Bank High School basketball coach.

Today Paula and I went to the Geauga County Maple Festival in Chardon, Ohio. A woman saw my “WV” jacket and said, “My son used to play for the Mountaineers.”

It was Joey Madsen’s mother. 

Joey was a 4-year starting football center for WVU. He came to WVU from Chardon High School, where he was coached by Jim Dipofi, in 2008 and was named All-Big East three times and was in on nearly 1,000 plays a season. He was first-team All-Ohio at offensive guard for Chardon.

In January Joey signed a two-year, $960,000 contract with the Green Bay Packers as a free agent: $435,000 for the first year and $525,000 for the second year.

Madsen, a 6-foot-3, 305-pounder out of WVU, originally was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as a non-drafted free agent in 2013. He was released by the Steelers and played for the Los Angeles KISS during the 2014 Arena Football League season.