High School: A four-year letterwinner at midfield for Connetquot High School … Voted the Thunderbirds’ Most Valuable Player as a senior … Earned all-county honors his junior and senior seasons … Selected to the all-star team at the Blue Chip 225 camp … Was the recipient of the coach’s award as a junior … A New York State Scholar Athlete for lacrosse and football … Garnered the Suffolk County Lacrosse Coaches Association Lou Flego Award as the county’s top scholar athlete … Newsday scholar athlete … A two-year letterwinner in football … Voted football team’s MVP in 2004 … Selected to the foreign language honor society … A member of the National Honor Society ...

 Personal: Nicholas Monastero ... Son of Nick and Debbie Monastero … Born on August 1, 1987 in Bay Shore, New York … Has one sister.