This is a great story in the Maryville University paper about Kansas native Marvio Tischhauser.
Keeping Promises
Feb 07, 2012
“It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.” –Aeschylus
What was true for the ancient Greeks is still true for people today, in that people are judged, sometimes in large extent, by whether or not they keep the promises they make. If this is true of us then certainly Marvio Tischhauser must be judged well, after all he came to Maryville to compete on a promise.
Originally Marvio, who grew up and was coached by his father in Abilene Kansas, wrestled at the University of Nebraska Omaha for Coach Denney. Marvio had a very successful year as a freshman at UNO, and was looking to one of the more promising young talents on the team, when disaster struck him and his family. Marvio’s father lost his long fight and final succumbed to cancer, and Marvio was torn between his promise to wrestle for Coach Denney, and the promise he made his father to look after his family.
Ultimately Marvio ended up moving back home to look after his mother and sister and help take care of the farm, while attending Kansas State University. Being the head of the household, helping run a farm, and going to school is a lot for most people to handle, Marvio was able to handle all of this with considerable grace for someone less than twenty years old. He handled everything back home the way he handles wrestling and school work here, by prioritizing and making sure his foremost obligations always come first.
While he was able to make the transition back to home there were many times when Marvio missed wrestling and lamented the unfortunate and premature end to his wrestling career. So, this last year, with his family secured, when he heard of UNO dropping wrestling, Marvio decided to make the move down to Maryville with Coach Denney. At the same time, now that he had fulfilled his promise to look after his family, he was able to satisfy two more promises he had made; both his promise to compete for Coach Denney, and also a promise he had made to his father to finish his wrestling career.
While his father, his long-time coach, is no longer able to be by his side any more; he is, as are many supporters of the old UNO program, here in spirit, if not in body. And that fighting spirit that his father instilled in Marvio still lives on, because though he is medical redshirting this year due to a torn ACL, he still lifts every day and comes to every practice. After all, his goal is still to see this team win a national title. And his personal goal is to win a national title. But it’s more than a goal to Marvio, it is a promise both to himself, his coach, and to his father, and Marvio Tischhauser is not a man to break a promise. Good luck Marvio Tischhauser, future national champion.
http://maryvillepawprint.com/2012/02/keeping-promises/
