Men's Basketball | 2/5/2007 12:00:00 AM

Pat Noyes was a member of the McPherson College basketball program from 1991-93 before becoming involved with the Oklahoma State men’s basketball program. Pat, along with nine other persons affiliated with the OSU basketball program, was killed in a plane crash near Byers, CO, in January 2001. At the time of the crash, he was serving as the program’s director of basketball operations.

Since 2002 family, friends, classmates, teammates, coaches and many others have made contributions to create the Pat Noyes Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund at McPherson College. Through direct mailings, phone solicitations and an annual benefit golf tournament and auction, over $22,000 has been raised to endow the Pat Noyes Men’s Basketball Scholarship Fund.

McPherson College awarded the first-ever recipient of the Pat Noyes Scholarship this school year. The recipient is senior point guard Austin Klumpe, of Madison, KS.

“As friends of Pat Noyes, for whom this scholarship is named, we knew how much he treasured the game of basketball and the friendships that he formed from being around the game. This scholarship fund was created to benefit a player that most resembled Pat Noyes. We believe Austin is the kind of person and player Pat would be proud to see receive this award named in his honor,” in a statement released by the Pat Noyes Scholarship Organizational Committee.