1988 Second Team Pizza Hut/SID
1989 First Team AP Little All-American
1989 First Team Kodak Small College
1989 First Team Pizza Hut/SID
1990 First Team AP Little All-American
1990 First Team Kodak Small College
1990 Second Team Champion USA
A 6-2, 196-pound defensive back, Rick Bealer terrorized Lycoming’s opponents for four years. More than 20 years after he last walked off the field, Bealer still holds the Division III record with 58 punt returns in 1989. He posted 566 yards on those returns, an average of 9.8 per return. As impressively, his 28 regular-season interceptions are second in NCAA Division III history, and if his three career postseason picks are included, he has 31 picks. The West Point, Pa., native posted nine picks as a sophomore to earn Second Team Pizza Hut All-American honors. He posted nine more as a junior to earn consensus All-American honors, being placed on the Associated Press Little All-American, Kodak Small College and Pizza Hut First Teams while helping the Warriors to the NCAA Division III playoffs for the first time since 1985. He also earned the school’s Sol “Woody” Wolfe Award after the season. As a senior, he posted eight picks while helping the Warriors reach the NCAA Division III finals, as he picked up consensus All-American honors for a second time. He is still the only three-time All-American in the football program’s history. The four-time All-MAC selection was inducted into the College’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.