WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ- Monmouth Head Coach Kevin Callahan was named Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) FCS Coach of the Year while senior Kenji Bahar (Baltimore, MD/Calvert Hall) earned ECAC Offensive Player of the Year as a total of eight players earned All-ECAC honors.
 
Joining Bahar on the First Team All-ECAC was running back Pete Guerriero (Lyndhurst, NJ/Lyndhurst), tight end Shawn Clark (Potsdam, NY/Potsdam), offensive linemen John Gallina (Forest Hill, MD/Bel Air) and AJ Farris (Newark, DE/Eastern Christian Academy), linebacker Da'Quan Grimes (Gaithersburg, MD/Damascus) and safety Anthony Budd (Riverdale, MD/Good Counsel). Additionally, wide receiver Lonnie Moore (Sicklerville, NJ/Paul VI) earned a Second Team All-ECAC nod.
 
Callahan was named Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to their most successful season, winning 11 games including the program's first Big South Championship and first NCAA FCS playoff game. The Hawks were 11-2 against FCS opponents while setting a number of school records. Under Callahan's leadership the Hawks recorded a program-record nine-game win streak while climbing to as high as No. 11 in the national polls. The only Head Coach in the program history, Callahan was named Big South Coach of the Year and AFCA Region II Coach of the Year earlier this month.
 
Bahar, the 2019 Big South Offensive Player of the Year, earns player of the year honors and Firest Team All-ECAC honors after throwing for 3,684 yards and 30 touchdowns – both Monmouth single season records. The Baltimore native set the single-season total offense mark with 3,861 yards while rewriting nearly every career passing record. He finished eighth in the voting for the Walter Payton Award.
 
Guerriero earns first team honors after leading the NCAA in rushing with 1,995 yards in 14 games while scoring 18 times on the ground. The junior had four games of 200+ yards and has received first team All-America honors from three organizations and counting. He is a finalist for the 2019 Walter Payton Award. Clearing the way for Guerriero and Bahar were Farris, a redshirt junior and graduate student Gallina. The two started all 14 games for the Blue & White offensive line, one which boasts four all-conference selections and three All-Americans.
 
Clark earns ECAC First Team honors after recording four touchdowns on 18 receptions. He appeared in all 14 games for the Hawks as a fifth-year senior, being named All-Big South honors. Moore IV was one of the region's top receivers finishing with 74 receptions, tying the Monmouth single-season record. The South Jersey product finished with 1,022 yards and nine touchdowns averaging 13.8 yards per reception.
 
On the defensive side of the ball, Grimes earns his first All-ECAC honors after leading the Hawks with 115 tackles, including 13.5 for a loss. The redshirt junior had three sacks, three forced fumbles and six pass breakups. Budd led the Hawks in interceptions with five while finishing second on the team in tackles with 66. The first team all-conference selection started all 14 games for the Blue & White and tallied nine passes defended which was second on the Hawks.
 
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