Northwestern State University of Louisana

Richard Lloyd was the first person inducted into the NAIA Gymnastics Hall of Fame and competed on the United States gymnastics teams in the Pan American and Olympic Games. He was also the first Northwestern gymnastics All American.  At NSU he won the all around competition national championship twice. Richard represented the United States on the 1967 Pan American team and the 1968 United States Olympic team. Lloyd was a three time NAIA All American for Northwestern and competed in three NAIA National Championships in 67-69. He won national titles in five different events during those three years, including the all around title in 1967. He also won national titles in the floor exercise twice, the still rings once, the pommel horse once and vaulting once. He was considered the first NAIA gymnast to bring an international level of competition to the NAIA National Championships.