Andrew Nicholas GUST

I first came across Andy as a sophmore at Rio Americano. I attended our Varsity basketball game against La Sierra. There I saw the second tallest H.S. player I'd ever seen since Bill Cartwright. Well little did I know some 21 years later he would be my brother-in-law. What a gentle kind man. I wasn't surprised by this because his father, Nick was the same. Our encounters were few being 400 miles apart, but when we were together there were lots of laughs. God rest your kind, gentle soul.

There are times in life when sad news comes to you, and you are deeply cut. This is one.

Andy and I were classmates at La Sierra HS. I was one year ahead of Andy. My sister was in his class, and Andy's sister was in mine. So we had some common ground there. In addition, Andy and I played 2 years of basketball together at La Sierra HS. We first played on the JV team, and then on Varsity team together. Andy was the tallest on the team, and I was the smallest on the team. Because...

We are saddened by the loss of Andy, and our hearts go out to the family at this very difficult time. Not only was he a kind and generous man, but also a wonderful mentor and coach.

I just saw the obit for Andy yesterday. I have not not seen him since 1976. I played basketball for Del Campo and vididly remember the 2 games that the previous poster describes. We won that game at La Sierra and I had to guard big Andy. We first played against each other in the 8th grade and we were about the same height then. He kept growing!! 6'8"? We had that 2nd game in 1976 at Del Campo and Andy's team beat us. We were 24-0 at the time and rated in the top 10 in California. He and his...

Andrew has always been one of the best mentors. He was so excited about Cal Poly, he made my Granddaughter excited to go there and she says one of the best academic times of her life. Andrew has always been fun loving and eager to make anyone around him included. So much love to Andy and his family...our prayers are with you.

In early 1976, I was a 6th grader at Garfield Elementary School. I loved playing basketball so my dad took me to an event behind our house one evening. It was a basketball game between Del Campo and La Sierra.

I was blown away by how many people were there. The place was so packed that people were sitting on the floor under the baskets--I ended up being one of them. What grabbed my attention was a giant of a man warming up. He absolutely hypnotized me. It was probably the most...