LWCAnnualReport2018

Commitment
To Success
Dylan Beasley’s lifelong
pursuit of excellence landed
him a chance to play football
internationally and a job offer
— so he did both.
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When Dylan Beasley was considering where to attend college,
he didn’t think it would lead to playing professional
football in Europe.
Beasley recently completed a season as a professional
American football player in Norway for the Åsane Seahawks,
a team in the Norwegian Federation of American sports, leading
them to the league championship as their quarterback.
Now he’s set to begin on a new adventure – a teacher and
coach in Southcentral Kentucky.
A 2013 graduate of Nelson County High School in Bardstown,
Ky., Beasley played four years of high school baseball
and football, which gave him several options for a collegiate
athletic career.
“When I was first looking at Lindsey Wilson College, I
had also considered playing baseball,” he said. “I was having
a tough time deciding between baseball and football, and I
felt that I had probably waited too long as I hadn’t made a
decision one way or the other by the time the football team’s
recruiting season ended. So, I figured that wasn’t going to
happen for me. But a couple of the quarterbacks dropped out,
and they came back to me with another offer. I felt that it was
definitely the right fit for me.”
Beasley had a successful collegiate career at LWC, both on
and off the field. He majored in education and graduated with
honors. In addition to football, Beasley was very involved on
campus. He participated in student government, the Student
Athletic Advisory Committee and Campus Alpha.
“I watched probably eight hours or more of game film
every week during the season,” he said. “Then there was
throw practice, weight lifting, studying, classes and everything
else on top of that, and there’s not a whole lot of time
left in a day. It’s a lot to juggle. As a freshman, being the new
guy and somewhat shy and a little homesick, I found myself
just going to the library a lot to read. I think that definitely
helped me and got me off on the right foot as a student-athlete.”
Beasley owns a long list of LWC football awards and honors.
He was the program’s starting quarterback for three seasons,
leading the Blue Raiders to an overall record of 30-6,
and he was captain during his senior year.
“Dylan was a great example of what we look for in our
student-athletes on and off the field,” said Lindsey Wilson