Basile Lands Pre-Season Honor

Monmouth University junior safety Mike Basile has been named as a Second Team Preseason All-American by Stats LLC…it’s just the latest honor for the former Brick Memorial High School standout.

Basile set a Hawks record last season with 119 tackles and for the second straight year earned First Team Big South All-Conference honors. Not only did he lead the conference in solo tackles but finished fourth among all FCS players. Just last week the 6’1, 200 pound hard-hitting ball hawk was named preseason all-conference along with five other Monmouth players.

Basile, who added two interceptions and 7 tackles for loss in 2015, has 197 tackles and six interceptions halfway through his Hawks career.   He is among seven defensive starters who return following a 5-6 season.

Monmouth begins preseason practice on Monday, August 8^th with the season opener on September 3^rd at Lehigh University. That and all Hawk road games can be heard on the Shore Sports Network’s 1160 & 1310AM in addition to a live stream on www.shoresportsnetwork.com.