LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Five Bloomsburg football players, earned All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East accolades following the 2022 season, as announced by the league office. Graduate student Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) picked up defensive first-team honors while redshirt junior William Martin III (Darby Township, Pa./Academy Park), junior Quentin Gaskill (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro), and sophomores Matthew Bowes (Somerton, Pa./La Salle College HS) and Kaleb Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) landed on their respective second teams.
 
Chris Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) headlines the all-conference selections with the first of his career as a first-team defensive back. Monaco played and started in all 11 games for the Huskies and led the team with three interceptions, and was second with 13 passes defended. He forced a pair of fumbles while recovering another and was seventh with 39 total tackles, including 27 solo stops. Monaco finished the regular season ranked 25^th in the NCAA with 1.3 passes defended per game and was third in the PSAC. He ended the year with 3.0 tackles for loss for 21 yards and 75 yards on his three interception returns. Monaco returned five kickoffs for 92 yards as well. Monaco returned a 59-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown on Homecoming against East Stroudsburg.
 
Gaskill picked up his second-career all-conference nod with a spot in the second team as a defensive back this year after a first-team all-conference honor in 2021. Gaskill led the Huskies with 92 total tackles as he started and played in 10 games this season, missing just one due to injury. He finished the regular season 11^th in the NCAA and first in the PSAC with 1.4 passes defended per game, as he collected 14 total. Gaskill had a pair of interceptions to go with 12 pass breakups. He also had a couple of forced fumbles and a blocked kick to his credit. Gaskill's 68 solo tackles were second in all of the PSAC and top of the PSAC East, and he was third in DII with 6.8 solo stops per game. His 9.2 total tackles per game were 25^th in DII. He tied his career single-game tackle best with 13 against Millersville and had a pair of sacks for 23 yards against FBS DI Stonehill to open the season. Gaskill finished the year with double-digit tackle totals in four games and had 3.0 tackles for loss for 26 yards.
 
Martin earned his first all-conference nod as a second-team defensive lineman this season. Martin finished the year seventh on the team with 44.0 total tackles this season and tied with Gaskill at the top with 24 assisted stops. He had 4.5 tackles for loss for 26 yards and 2.5 sacks for 18 yards. Martin had one quarterback hurry to his credit and two fumble recoveries, including an 88-yard scope and score to lead the Huskies to a 21-16 win over West Chester. He finished the game against the Golden Rams with a season-best seven stops, including 1.0 tackle for loss.
 
Bowes was named the second-team tight end for the first time in his career after a break-out year came to an untimely end due to an injury. Bowes had 249 receiving yards on 18 catches and three touchdowns. He averaged 13.8 yards per catch and was the team-leader in in catches, yards, and touchdowns from the tight end spot in a run-heavy offense. He had a career-long catch of 30 yards against Clarion. Bowes had at least one catch in seven of his eight games and a touchdown in back-to-back contests against Edinboro and Clarion. Bowes had a career-best 56 yards on three catches against Shippensburg.
 
Kaleb Monaco (Pocono Pines, Pa./Pocono Mountain West) earned his second-straight All-PSAC East second-team honor as a running back after another solid year out of the backfield for the Huskies. Monaco played in 10 games for Bloomsburg and collected 513 yards on the ground on 139 carries. He had two rushing touchdowns and averaged 51.3 yards per game. He also caught 12 passes for 175 yards and two scores, including a career-long 62-yard touchdown catch against Clarion. Monaco handled the lion's share of the kick return duties and had 397 yards on 18 returns, including a season-long 50-yard return against Shippensburg. Monaco had 111 rushing yards against Millersville for his fifth-career 100+ rushing game. He finished the year with 108.5 all-purpose yards per game, eighth in the conference and 57^th in the NCAA. Monaco was sixth in the PSAC and 57^th in DII, with 22.1 yards per kick return.
 
The Huskies finished the season 4-7 overall and 3-5 in the PSAC.