Monmouth University Athletics

2024-2025 (Junior):

-Started all 33 games for the Hawks, averaging 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game
-His 5.8 rebounds per game led MU and were 16th-best in the conference. He was third on the team in points per game.
-Has 570 career rebounds entering 2025-26, eighth most in program history. He ends 2024-25 six rebounds behind Deon Jones for seventh place.
-Tallied double-digit points in 17 games, including pouring in a career-best 25 against Presbyterian (11/23)
-Recorded two double-doubles, collecting 10 points and 12 boards against Charleston (1/11) and 13 points and 12 rebounds against Drexel (1/20)
-Had 10 or more points in 11 of the team’s last 14 games, including three straight with 14+ to end the campaign
-His 43 steals led the Hawks and ranked 10th highest in the conference
-Had 10 blocked shots
-Averaged 1.6 three pointers per game, 23rd best in the conference
-Played 36.1 minutes per game, third most in the CAA


2023-24 (Sophomore):
 
­-Finished second on MU in scoring at 10.7 points per game and rebounding at 6.5 per game
-Ranked 12^th in the CAA in rebounding, 11^th in steals and seventh in minutes played
-Scored in double figures 20 times
-Combined with Xander Rice to be the fifth highest scoring duo in program history
-Started all but one game on the season (did not start due to Senior Day)
-Opened season with 17 points at George Mason on 4-5 from three (11/6)
-Had 17 points and 10 rebounds in Hawks upset win at West Virginia (11/6)
-Grabbed 12 rebounds vs. Princeton (11/18)
-Double-double consisted of 12 points, 13 rebounds in win over Manhattan (12/21)
-Matched 13 rebound performance, a season-best, in CAA-opening win over Towson (1/4)
-Posted double-double in CAA Tournament vs. Campbell with 13 points, 10 rebounds

2022-23 (Freshman):
-Named to 2023 CAA All-Rookie Team
-Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week (12/5, 1/30)
-Second leading freshman scorer in the CAA
-Ranked second in the CAA in steals
-Finished 11^th in the CAA in made three pointers
-Played in all 33 games, starting 31 as a true freshman
-Finished second on MU in scoring, averaging 10.5 points per game
-Led the Hawks in made threes with 62 and steals with 62
-Played most minutes on the team, logging over 1030
-Scored in double figures 17 times
-Netted 14^th most single-game points in CAA Tournament history with 32 against Hampton
-Became fourth true freshman in the King Rice era to start opening night
-First career basket came on opening night at Seton Hall (11/9)
-First double-digit effort came with 12 points at Illinois (11/14)
-Made four threes en route to 14 points against Norfolk State (11/17)
-Went for 17 points and four steals against Cornell (11/25)
-Had 16 points and four steals with four triples at Lehigh (11/27)
-Netted 20 points on five triples at Syracuse (12/12)
-Added 18 points, nine rebounds against Hampton (1/21)
-Posted 16 points in first CAA win over North Carolina A&T (1/28)
-Netted 22 points and five triples in win over North Carolina A&T (2/13)
-Had 17 points against Elon on four threes (2/18)
-Exploded for 32 points, six rebounds and five assists in CAA Tournament win over Hampton, making six three and 10 field goals in 37 minutes

HIGH SCHOOL:
-Competed at nearby Manasquan High School
-Completed a post graduate season at the Phelps School
-First Team All-Shore selection in 2021
-Averaged 15 points, eight rebounds, three assists in 2021
-First Team All-Division selection
-Statewide selection to All-Sports Zone Team
-One of just 200 underclassmen chosen to attend NCAA Basketball Academy in 2019
-Helped Manasquan to three division titles, two Shore Conference crowns, two NJ group titles and a 43-1 record in his final two seasons
-Three-sport high school athlete, including being named All-Shore at wide receiver
 
PERSONAL:
-Son of Mark and Jennifer Collins
-Major is business finance and real estate