[NU Sports] Remembering Mrs. Kustok - FW: A classy, classy act

[Tom Maycock]

Thanks for digging up that gem. I remember reading it the first time around. A 
nice reminder.

Tom



----- Original Message ----
> From: Chris Patterson <cspnu1981 at tds.net>
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 10:46:12 AM
> Subject: [NU Sports] Remembering Mrs. Kustok - FW: A classy, classy act
> 
> Hello Fellow Listers,
>     Believe it or not, I saved this  email from 2001 in one of my archive
> folders (I was doing some archive  deletions today and came across this). I
> thought most of you would enjoy  reading it again. 
> 
>     To add to the story below and as my  wife tells it today, it was Mrs.
> Kustok that suggested to Zak that he give my  son a tour of the locker room.
> It is just one of those 'little' things we do  as parents (to instill
> values). No doubt she did a wonderful job with  Zak.
> 
>     BTW, those sweat bands stayed on the night stand  for about year,
> too! :) Hard to believe that this was 9 years ago! Read on...  memory lane.
> 
>     All the best to the Zak and his  sister.
> 
>     Go CATS!
> Chris and Lori  Patterson
> Knoxville, TN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris  Patterson [mailto:cpatterson at enterprisesw.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 8:42 PM
> To: nwu-sports at tssi.com
> Subject: A classy,  classy act
> 
> Dear Wildcat Faithful,
> Just back from a long Chicago  weekend with my 8 year old son.  We had hoped
> that Saturday's game would  be the highlight of the weekend...sigh (it really
> did feel like the late  70's, though the weather was better).  I have to
> report an event,  though, that turned my son's attitude around about the day.
> As we were  passing by the stadium on the way to Welsh-Ryan for the b-ball
> game, we saw  Zak Kustok standing there, talking to a woman (turns out it was
> his  mom).  We encouraged my son to ask him for an autograph, but when  Thomas
> demurred, I approached the Kustoks myself and asked for him.  Zak  yelled
> out, "Hey, Thomas!", and when my son came over, he proceeded to sign  for him
> and talked with us for several minutes (his left hand was swollen  about 30%
> above normal size, and rather bruised). The most bittersweet part  was when
> Thomas asked him what pro team he wanted to play for; Zak got this  kind of
> wistful/chagrined look on his face, and replied, "Anybody that wants  to have
> me"--I really felt for the kid.  He then asked Thomas if he  wanted a tour of
> the locker room, and while there, gave him a set of wrist  bands and some
> pointers.  My point is this--the guy had just finished  what had to be a
> humiliating game and likely the end of bowl hopes, and was  injured besides,
> yet took the time to pay beyond-the-line-of-duty attention  to a little kid
> he'd never met!  Thomas has been on Cloud 9 ever since,  and the wrist bands
> HAVE NOT come off.  This experience alone will keep  me cheering for the
> 'Cats (and Zak in particular) for a long, long  time.  What a fine young man
> (and Mrs. Kustok tells me there are many  such examples on this team)...
> 
> Lori Patterson
> CAS '81, NUMS  '83
> 
> 
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