Monmouth Hawks
| Monmouth Hawks | |
|---|---|
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| University | Monmouth University |
| Conference | Coastal Athletic Association (primary) Northeast Conference (bowling) |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Jeff Stapleton |
| Location | West Long Branch, New Jersey |
| Varsity teams | 24 |
| Football stadium | Kessler Stadium |
| Basketball arena | OceanFirst Bank Center |
| Baseball stadium | Monmouth Baseball Field |
| Mascot | Shadow |
| Nickname | Hawks |
| Colors | Midnight blue and white[1] |
| Website | monmouthhawks |
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The Monmouth Hawks refer to the 23 sports teams representing Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The Hawks compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Coastal Athletic Association, joining on July 1, 2022. The football team became an FCS Independent for the 2013 season, and moved to the Big South Conference on July 1, 2014.[2] The women's bowling program was a charter member of the Southland Bowling League, a single-sport conference formed in January 2015,[3] but moved that sport to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference after the 2017–18 season,[4] and returned to the Northeast Conference, in which Monmouth had been a full member from 1985 to 2013, as a single-sport member for 2024–25 and beyond.[5]
On January 25, 2022, Monmouth announced it would leave the MAAC to join the Coastal Athletic Association, effective July 1, 2022. At that time, its football team left the Big South to join CAA Football, which is administered by the all-sports CAA but is legally a separate entity.[6]
Teams
Monmouth sponsors teams in ten men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[7]
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Bowling [n 1] |
| Cross country | Cross country |
| Football | Field hockey |
| Golf | Golf |
| Lacrosse | Lacrosse |
| Soccer | Rowing |
| Swimming | Soccer |
| Tennis | Softball |
| Track and field1 | Swimming |
| Tennis | |
| Track and field1 | |
| 1 includes both indoor and outdoor | |
- Notes
- ^ Starting in 2024–25, bowling competes in the Northeast Conference.
References
- ^ "Monmouth University Athletics Quick Facts". December 28, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Big South Adds Monmouth University as Associate Football Member Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Southland Bowling League Established" (Press release). Southland Conference. January 20, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
- ^ "Bowling Accepts Invitation to Join MEAC" (Press release). Monmouth Hawks. June 19, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ^ "NEC Welcomes Monmouth as Women's Bowling Associate Member" (Press release). Northeast Conference. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "MONMOUTH ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN THE CAA". Monmouth University Athletics. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ "Monmouth University Athletics - Official Athletics Website". Monmouth University Athletics.
