Career Highlights:

​​Started playing in 2013 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Honorable Mention college all American 2017 and club MVP.

Played abroad in Tamworth, Australia (where Paddy Ryan is from) 2016.

Played in the pacific rugby premiership in 2017-18 for San Francisco Golden Gate before getting recruited for Legion.

As a senior at Cal Poly earned an invitation to the Collegiate All-American camp in 2017 at Chula Vista

2015-2016 USA Men’s Collegiate All-American

Earned Men’s Club accolades at prop with San Francisco Golden Gate where he was named to the Pacific Rugby Premiership All-star team

Former Mustang Nathan Sylvia has enjoyed a meteoric rise in rugby since his collegiate days scrummaging out on pitch in the San Luis Obispo sunshine. The 24-year old returns to anchor the Legion front row after a successful inaugural season in 2018 and offers forwards’ coach Scott Murray another option for a skilled tighthead prop.
During his time at Cal Poly, Nathan enjoyed exposure to infamous Southern Hemisphere rugby on a trip to Australia where he trained with the Randwick Rugby Club’s under-20 squad in 2016. In 2018, Sylvia graduated from collegiate rugby to earning his men’s club stripes on the windswept fields of San Francisco Golden Gate, debuting against Belmont shore in the Pacific Rugby Premiership. At 6’, Sylvia will be a force to be reckoned with in the Legion’s forward ranks and who’s attitude and talents will be much appreciated by his coaches and teammates.