2010 D3football.com Honorable Mention All-American
2011 D3football.com Third Team All-American
2011 Beyond College Sports Network Honorable Mention All-American
Safety Ray Bierbach (Hunlock Creek, Pa./Northwest), who was an Honorable Mention D3football.com All-American as a junior and a third-team selection as a senior and Honorable Mention Beyond College Sports Network All-American, earned placement on six Preseason All-American teams and lived up to the attention, finishing tied for the Middle Atlantic Conference lead with five interceptions, the second straight year he led the league. He also had five breakups for 10 passes defended which is tied for sixth in the league. Dubbed “a coach on the field” by the coaching staff, Bierbach finished sixth on the team with 31 tackles and he set a school record with his third career D3football.com Team of the Week nod after the Wilkes game. Bierbach finished his career with two All-MAC honors and he earned second team All-East Region honors from the website after earning first-team mention as a junior.
Bierbach earned Honorable Mention D3Football.com All-American, Second Team All-Middle Atlantic Conference and First Team D3Football.com All-East Region honors as a junior while also earning the team’s highest honor, the David G. Busey Award. The playmaking safety finished third on the team with 61 tackles. Bierbach’s specialty was in pass coverage, though, where he led the MAC in passes defended with 14 and in interceptions with six, which also ranked 20th in the nation.
Bierbach earned two mentions on the D3Football.com Team of the Week, specifically because of his ability as a playmaker. He was named to the team on Oct. 13, after the 5-11 defensive back posted an interception and a forced and recovered fumble against Albright.
He followed that with six tackles, four solo, and capped off Lycoming's 31-7 win over Widener on Oct. 17 by running back an interception a school-record 84 yards for a touchdown with 11 seconds left. That play earned him the D3Football.com Play of the Week for what the website termed the “Cutback Runback” and earned him his second Team of the Week honors.
