Former Auburn pitcher and outfielder Tim Hudson was honored Thursday by the Alabama state legislature in a brief ceremony highlighting his baseball career and philanthropic work.

Hudson greeted the assembly with a "War Eagle" and proceeded to speak about his career and charity, the Hudson Family Foundation, after Sen. Tom Whatley of Auburn presented him with a resolution, according to a report from the Opelika-Auburn News.

“Where I came from, to have a big-league career as long as I did, I definitely had some help from the good Lord up above,” Hudson said. “I just feel like I have a duty to try to go out there and do good with the platforms that He’s blessed me with and just give back and do as much as I can within the community.”

Hudson starred at Auburn for two seasons in the mid-90s, including on the Tigers' College World Series team in 1997. He became the first player to be named All-SEC at two positions that season when he hit .396 with 18 home runs and 95 RBIs and went 15-2 with a 2.97 ERA. He was also named SEC Player of the Year and was a consensus All-American.

The Columbus, Georgia, native went on to have a 17-year MLB career with the Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves and San Francisco Giants in which he was a four-time All-Star and won one World Series title.