Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity hockey team at the Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Mass., for head coach Ken Martin ... senior captain...earned all-league honors as a junior and senior, while he received all-league honorable mention accolades as a sophomore ... named to the Boston Globe All-Scholastic Team as a senior...team won the 2006-07 league championship ... recorded 52 goals and 36 assists for 88 career points ... as a senior he scored 14 goals and had 11 assists for 25 points ... led the team in goals with 24 and also had 16 assists for 40 points as a junior ... record 14 goals and nine assists for 23 points as a sophomore ... also a two-year member of the varsity track & field team ... finished first at the 2008 New England Championship and at the 2008 ISL Championship in the discus event, while he placed fourth at the New England Championship in the shot put event ... in 2007 he was second at the New England Championship in the discus event and third at the ISL Championship in the discus event ... as a senior he finished in first place in every discus event during the year ... his career best in the discus was 133'8", while his best in the shot put was 42'9" ... team won the 2007 and 2008 New England Championship and the 2007 and 2008 ISL Championship. Personal: Son of Richard and Susan Silvia ... has one brother, Ricky.