Allegheny College Athletics

Ron Bendekovic earned All-America honors as an offensive guard during his junior and senior seasons. As a sophomore in 1990, Bendekovic helped anchor the offensive line that won the NCAA Division III National Title. He was named to the Football Gazette All-America Second Team and the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSida) All-America First Team after the 1991 season, before earning All-America honors during his senior year, all first team, from the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, and second team All-America honors from CoSida in 1992. Additionally, he was named to the All-North Coast Athletic Conference squad during the 1991 and 1992 seasons.

After graduating, Bendekovic served on the Ohio Northern coaching staff in 1993, before serving as a graduate assistant at Ohio University in 1994. he then went on to coaching stints at Kentucky State (1995-97), Marietta (1998-2000), Lenoir-Rhyne (2001) and Baldwin-Wallace (2002-03). Most recently, he had been the assistant coach at Ohio Northern University, before passing away on November 2, 2005 at the age of 34.