Nathan Cayo’s wife, Eva, is hard to miss during the Niagara River Lions’ home games.
Accompanied by the couple’s soon-to-be, one-year-old son, Lucas, Eva can be heard shouting encouragement to her husband and his teammates from her seat behind the basket Niagara shoots on in the first half.
The 26 year-old Montreal native wouldn’t have it any other way.
“It’s everything. She has been with me through thick and thin and through good times and bad times. I look at her during the game and she gives me great pointers. We do everything together and having her there is as important as anything.”
Eva comes by her sports knowledge honestly. Her father, Guy Hansen, was the major league pitching coach with the Kansas City Royals from 1991-93 and in 2005 and the bullpen coach in 1996-97. He has held many other jobs in sports as well.
“He is a legend at UCLA so they know sports in that family. She is no stranger to high level sports,” Cayo said.
He gets plenty of help from another in-law as well.
“My mother-in-law (Eva) watches all the games and she also calls me and gives me pointers. It is a whole family affair.”
The 6-foot-8 forward spent the last two seasons playing in the CEBL with the Montreal Alliance. He averaged 14.9 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game in 2023 before joining Niagara for the 2024 campaign.
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