2011 Honors
Honorable Mention All-Big Sky Conference
Became one of the Vikings most important players as a junior as its leading receiver... has started all 22 games in his PSU career, has over 80 catches and 1,000 yards... the whole package as he has good size and possession skills for a wide receiver, runs and blocks well... will be a team leader in 2012.
JUNIOR SEASON • 2011
Started all 11 games for the second year in a row and led the Vikings in every receiving category... had 52 catches for 707 yards and six touchdowns... that equated to one-third of all receptions, more than one-third of all receiving yards and half of the touchdown catches... proved to be so valuable he was taken off special teams to avoid injury... ranked seventh in the Big Sky Conference in receptions and eighth in receiving yards and touchdowns... got better as the season progressed, scoring five touchdowns in the last five games... had 28 catches in the last four games... two 100-yard receiving games... caught nine passes for 109 yards at TCU (9/24)... made eight catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns in the win at Eastern Washington (10/29)... made six receptions for a career-high 154 yards in the win over Sacramento State (11/5)... grabbed nine passes for 71 yards and a score in the win over Northern Colorado (11/12)... earned honorable mention All-Big Sky Conference honors.
SOPHOMORE SEASON • 2010
Was a starter in all 11 games at wide receiver... one of 23 Vikings to play in every game and one of nine Vikings to start every game... ranked second on the team in catches and third in yards with 30 receptions for 369 yards and two touchdowns... led the team in receptions twice and in receiving yards in four games... came on strong late in the season with 18 catches and 235 yards in the last four games... had five catches for 50 yards against national champion Eastern Washington (10/30)... made five catches for a season-high 82 yards and a touchdown against Northern Colorado (11/13)... had five catches and 58 yards at Northern Arizona (11/20)... also a valuable special teams player who had seven tackles and a forced fumble... competed on the scout team in 2009 after transferring from Whitworth.
PREVIOUS TO PORTLAND STATE
Spent one season at Whitworth University where he was a redshirt.
Lettered three times each in football, basketball and baseball at West Linn High School... earned first team All-Three Rivers League honors his junior and senior seasons as both a wide receiver and free safety... also named Three Rivers League Defensive Player of the Year and All-State honors as a senior... named National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete... competed in the Les Schwab Bowl... in basketball, he was first team All-Three Rivers League as a senior... also a two-time first team All-League baseball player... earned All-State honors as an outfielder... played in the All-State baseball series.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Son of Joe and Theresa Monahan... born September 11, 1989... has two brothers, Matt and Shane, and one sister, Maria... majoring in Business Administration: Finance... hobbies are video games, television, basketball and hanging out.
Feature story on Justin Monahan, 9/1/12
