High School Junior Robert Garza Collapses & Dies During Timeout at Austin TX Basketball Tournament

SHOCK: Robert Garza, a junior at Roma High School in south Texas, died after collapsing during a timeout at a tournament in Austin, according to Fox News. He was playing in the AAU tournament on Saturday with the Hoopsters, a South Texas club team, when he collapsed without any warning, the article said. This is the second third athlete to die in two weeks. This raises a lot of concerns and questions in the minds of many.

"It's unexplainable. He got a glass of water. He 'high-fived' Pablo Adame (a Hoopster teammate) and then it just happened. He collapsed," Hoopster coach Arnold Martinez told The Monitor of McAllen. The cause of death was not yet known, Martinez said.

"During pregame warm-ups, he was dunking the ball and laughing with his teammates. Everything looked good," he told the newspaper.

Paramedics administered CPR, but Garza was pronounced dead at Austin's Brackenridge Hospital just more than an hour later, said Abelardo Escobar, Garza's high school coach. An autopsy was planned. Source

This is a shock and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. No parent wants to bury a child. It leaves a hole in your heart that can never heal.