Monmouth University Athletics

Fifth-year senior... Returning All-America and Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year... Needs eight sacks to equal the school career record (25.5)... Possesses Monmouth and Northeast Conference career sack record with 15.5 in 2000... Returning starter at middle linebacker.

2002 (Senior): Started all 10 games at middle linebacker as a senior... Became first Monmouth player to earn Division I-AA All-America honors... Tabbed Division I-AA All-America by the American Football Coaches Association... Named third-team Division I-AA All-America by the Associated Press... Garnered Division I-AA Mid-Major All-America recognition from Don Hansen's National Weekly Football Gazette and The Sports Network... Earned first-team All-Northeast Conference honors as a linebacker... Also tabbed the Northeast Conference Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Monmouth player to earn the distinction... Led Monmouth with 106 tackles on the season, including 58 solo jobs... Recorded nine tackles for loss totaling 20 yards... Also recorded one sack for loss of seven yards... Grabbed two interceptions for 21 yards and one TD... Logged four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and three pass breakups... Paced Monmouth with a game-high 18 tackles, one sack for loss of seven yards and one forced fumble in season opener vs. Lafayette... Notched six tackles, including two tackles for loss of yardage, and one forced fumble against Sacred Heart... Paced Hawks with 12 tackles, including eight solo jobs at Morgan State... Led Monmouth with nine tackles, including five solo takedowns vs. Robert Morris... Registered nine tackles, including six solo tackles in win over Stony Brook... Booked game-high 13 tackles vs. Central Connecticut State... Paced Monmouth with 10 tackles vs. Wagner... Logged game-high with 12 tackles, including 11 solo jobs, and one forced fumble... Almost single-handedly led Hawks to victory over St. Francis with 10 tackles, including eight solo tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one interception which he returned 16 yards for the game's lone touchdown...

2001 (Junior): Played in first two games at linebacker... Missed remainder of season due to illness... Granted medical redshirt... Recorded seven tackles and one sack.

2000 (Sophomore): Started all 11 games as a sophomore... Earned first-team All-Northeast Conference honors as a linebacker... Became first player in league history to earn Northeast Conference Player of the Week honors on four occasions in one season... Set Northeast Conference and Monmouth single-season record with 15.5 sacks... Also led the conference with 23 tackles for loss totalling 131 yards... Led squad with 10 quarterback pressures, four fumble recoveries and three forced fumbles... Ranked third on the squad with 86 tackles, including 57 solo jobs... Capped off season with a career-high 16 tackles, three sacks and two fumble recoveries in win over Jacksonville to earn Don Hansen?s National Weekly Football Gazette National Defensive Player of the Week and NEC Defensive Player of the
Week honors... Logged five tackles and three sacks in win over St. John?s to earn NEC Player of the Week honors... Posted seven tackles and 2.5 sacks at Albany... Booked 14 tackles, one sack and a fumble recovery vs. Towson... Notched 11 tackles, one sack and a forced fumble in thumping of Stony Brook to earn NEC Player of the Week honors... Recorded eight tackles and one sack vs. Central Connecticut State to earn NEC and Eastern College Athletic Conference Player of the Week honors.

1999 (Freshman): Played in all 10 games as a freshman... Tallied 23 tackles, including two for loss... Recorded nine tackles in victory over Sacred Heart.
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Hasbrouck Heights High School... Rushed for 1,700 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior... Also tallied 160 tackles in his final season... Earned All-State Group I honors on two occasions. Also selected first-team All-Bergen County and all-league twice... Earned three letters in wrestling and one in track and field.

Personal: Son of Gregory and Joan Sentipal... Born June 5, 1981... Majoring communications.