[citation needed] He was an All-State honoree in both sports, 2004 Mr. Basketball of Arkansas as a senior, and was named the National Football Foundation's Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Monk's breakout game would come on December 30, 2008, when Arkansas hosted the Oklahoma Sooners, ranked fourth in that week's Associated Press Poll.

[3] Monk scored 12 points and added six rebounds and one steal while holding his ground defensively against the Sooners' star player, Blake Griffin,[4] in only his third game with the Razorbacks of the 2008-2009 season.

Monk was officially removed from the roster on February 13, 2009, by the University of Arkansas after several weeks of not dressing out for the team, for a suspected undisclosed NCAA rules infraction.

Appearing in 25 games for the team during the 2010–11 season, he averaged 22.2 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.1 steals, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocks a contest,[6] while being named to the Eurobasket.com All-Pro B First-team and being recognized as the Eurobasket.com All-ProB Defensive Player of the Year.

[7] In 2011–12, Monk was instrumental in helping the Gotha Rockets win the ProB title and received Eurobasket.com All-ProB Player of the Year honors, after tallying 15.3 points as well as 7.9 boards a game.

[8] After playing professional basketball in Germany for two years, Monk began the MBA program at the University of Arkansas.