 On June 5, 2005 in recognition of his athletic and academic career, the SLHS Athletic Department inducted Noel into the Southern Lehigh High School Sports Hall of Fame.He was also inducted as a Distinguished Alumni of the McDonald’s Lehigh Valley All-Star Game Hall of Fame in 2008.In 2011, the University of Virginia and the Virginia Football program retired his #77 jersey in Charlottesville, VA during halftime of the UVa versus North Carolina State football game.