For former track and field All-American Brent Noon, it’s all in the family.

Born and raised in San Diego, Noon – a shotput thrower – was coached by his dad throughout his younger years and into high school.

When it came time for him to decide where to continue throwing on the collegiate level, Noon wanted a place where his dad could continue to be his coach.

But at the same time, Noon’s brother Bradley was looking for a place to go to medical school.

Georgia was the place for the family to pack up and head.

“Our plan was to always stay together and work together after our college and professional training, and that’s what came to fruition,” Noon said. “[Bradley] went to the Medical College of Georgia, I came to UGA and my dad was my coach and my mom and everybody, it was a team.”

While at Georgia, Noon became the only male student-athlete in school history to capture three individual NCAA championships in the same event when he took the shot put titles in 1992, 1993 and 1994.

Noon still holds the school record for the longest throws in indoor and outdoor shot put events, tossing a shot 66 foot, 3 inches indoors and a 70 feet, 5 1/4 inch throw in an outdoor event.

Those are just a couple of Noon’s achievements that are causing him to be recognized as a 2009 Circle of Honor inductee by the University of Georgia Athletic Association.

“It’s really an honor and exciting to be mentioned in the same breath as the other three [being inducted], it’s quite an honor in itself,” Noon said.

When the family first came to Georgia, Noon didn’t know what to expect. But being in such a close family, he saw much of the same in the people he came across in Athens.

“When you graduate and leave and years after you look back and really realize what a special place [Athens] is,” Noon said. “It was just a very close, tight-knit community, in the athletic department, and the school, it was just an amazing place with amazing people.”

Though Noon says he isn’t too involved with track and field anymore – except for occasionally e-mailing an up-and-coming shot putter who might contact him – he has become the chief executive officer of Georgia Sports Orthopedic Specialists in Gainesville.

And it’s no surprise who his number one physician is: brother Brad.

“We have an orthopedic practice and my brother’s an orthopedic surgeon and we have a few other surgeons … and I basically run the practice and I’m heavily involved in the family business,” Noon said. “It’s a sports medicine practice. We work with the shoulders, knees, physical therapies and all that good stuff.”