ARCATA, Calif. -- At a quiet, intimate gathering during Alumni Weekend, the Humboldt State men’s lacrosse team inducted its two newest members into the Hogs Hall of Fame: Tony Silvaggio and Dylan Rode.

Hall of Fame player, coach and team founder James Kircher and 1993 Hogs Hall of Fame attack and co-founder John Mahoney made the announcement after the 2015 Humboldt State alumni game on Oct. 3. This year’s game was played as a memorial to former HSU coach and Hogs alum Mark Doodah, who passed away in October 2014.

"There’s a legacy here from 1983 and on of Humboldt lacrosse and we’re just part of that legacy,” said Silvaggio, who is the current head coach of the Hogs.

The night’s initial inductee was Rode, who was Humboldt State lacrosse’s first MCLA All-American. Rode, a Humboldt County native, had never picked up a lacrosse stick before college and attributed much of his success to the Hogs’ second inductee — HSU head coach Tony Silvaggio.

“This is a huge honor,” Rode said after the ceremony. “And the thing is, I couldn’t have done it without Tony. I came in with no skills, and (Tony) kind of groomed me in a way and pushed me into long pole and I loved it. It was a blast.”

Silvaggio, who briefly played at HSU in the 1990s while earning his masters in sociology, has been the head coach since 2007. Since then, he has taken a loose group of club players and shaped them into a team, helping produce three MCLA All-Americans along the way.

"It’s an honor to be inducted with Dylan," Silvaggio said. "Dylan is the true definition of what an All-American is.”