Hall of Fame
Ed Noon helped the Red Raiders win conference crowns in football and track and field. After arriving at Shippensburg from Middletown, he set several school records for pass receiving with the football team and won five individual conference titles in track and field.
On the gridiron Noon was instrumental in helping Shippensburg win the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship in 1981 with an 11-0 record. The Red Raiders reached the semifinal of the NCAA Division II tournament and won the Lambert Cup.
Noon enrolled at Shippensburg in the fall of 1978. He played JV football that season then red-shirted in 1979 because of injury. The following season he played two games, caught six passes for 98 yards and two touchdowns, and rushed six times for 22 yards. He then missed the final eight games because of another injury.
In 1981 Noon caught 46 passes for 816 yards and 12 touchdowns. He also rushed for a touchdown and passed for still another. One of his best games was at Clarion when he led the Red Raiders to a 28-0 win by catching a pass for a touchdown and rushing 71 yards for another. His totals for the year do not include his accomplishments in the NCAA Division II tournament. In the quarterfinal game, a 40-27 win over Virginia Union; Noon caught five passes for 154 yards, including a 78 yarder for a touchdown. He also rushed five times for 25 yards. The next week, against North Dakota State, he caught five passes for 67 yards and rushed three times for 15 yards.
In 1982, defenses were keying on him but he still caught 32 passes for 649 yards and nine touchdowns. His average of 20.3 yards per catch was the school record at the time and remains one of the best in school history. One of his greatest performances occurred against Bloomsburg when he caught five passes for 153 yards. Later in the year against Indiana, he teamed with quarterback Tim Ebersole to tie the national record for the longest pass reception, a 99 yard play for a touchdown.
During his career Noon caught 84 passes for 1,563 yards, a school record of 18.6 yards per catch. He also rushed 56 times for 333 yards and returned 11 kickoffs for 152 yards. Noon is one of the few Red Raider gridders to gain more than 2,000 all-purpose running with a total of 2, 048 yards. He set the school record for consecutive games catching a touchdown pass with 10 and he set the school record for touchdown receptions per game with 23 in 23 games. In addition, Noon scored six of his touchdown from 50 yards out or more.
In track and field, Noon won the PSAC crown in the triple jump in 1979, 1980, and 1981 and the long jump in 1979 and 1980. He was second in the long jump in 1981 and 1982. An injury prevented him from possibly winning a fourth consecutive triple jump championship. His best leap of 24-0 ½ was only a half inch off the school record. Shippensburg won the PSAC team title in track in 1982, its first in 24 years.
After graduating, Noon worked at the Woodside Juvenile Detention Center in Harrisburg as a supervisor and juvenile court liaison.
