Utah State Inducts Five Into Inaugural Hall of Fame
This year, the Utah State Men’s Lacrosse program celebrates its 50th anniversary, marking the milestone by inducting five former Aggies - one from each decade - into its inaugural Hall of Fame.
The inaugural members are: Ken Gilstein (70s), Doug Ringle (80s), Paul Larkin (90s), Kyle Fiat (00s) and Trace Nilsen (10s).
Gilstein played for Cornell where he won two Ivy League championships (1969-70) and then went on to coach Fairfield in 1972 and 1973. He came to Utah State in 1973 to get a doctoral degree in psychology.
“In the spring of 1974 Joel Staub started the Logan youth lacrosse league,” said Gilstein. “He had moved to Logan from Long Island, New York, with his family which had 3 sons who were lacrosse players. I was one of the coaches along with George Morgan and Rob Scott, both undergraduates at USU.”
Gilstein started the program in the fall of 1974.
“The challenges we faced was that only a handful of us had ever played the game before,”…