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2008
Redshirted.
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner at Bellarmine Prep under head coach Gary Cunningham...named to the 2006 AFLAC All-America team...has been ranked as high as the No. 2 high school player in the Class of 2007 by Prospect Plus/Baseball America...tabbed the seventh-best pitcher among Perfect Game's National Top 100 Pitchers...a two-way player in high school, hit .344 with five home runs, 22 RBI and 23 runs as a senior...an injury in April of 2007 forced him to miss the remainder of his senior season...earned first-team All-West Coast Athletic League (WCAL) honors as a junior and sophomore...captured 2006 Central Coast Section Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors...posted a 6-1 record as a junior, recording a 1.47 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 47 innings; hit at a .411 clip and collected nine home runs, 38 RBI and 31 runs...listed as the 17th-best player at the 2006 Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., by Baseball America...also rated as the Area Code Games prospect with the "best breaking pitch"...totaled a 9-1 record in 2005, posting a 1.21 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 69 innings his sophomore season...was the MVP of the 2004 15-and-under World Wood Bat Association Tournament...played for the Brewers Area Code Team and the Reds Scout Team.
Personal
Erik Van Norman Goeddel...born December 20, 1988 in San Mateo, Calif...is the middle of David and Alena Goeddel's three children...has one older sister, Heather, and one younger brother, Tyler...sister, Heather, attended UCLA...undeclared major.
