A San Jose State University student and aspiring rapper was taken off life support Saturday after becoming severely brain damaged when he went underwater and mysteriously stopped breathing during water polo practice last week, a university spokeswoman said Monday.
Ryan Harryman, 24, who grew up in Mountain View and went to Homestead High School in Cupertino, was set to graduate in May with a degree in anthropology. As a hip-hop artist, he went by the name 3PAC and gained an extensive fan group called the “Zero Hoots Gang.”
Harryman played on the university’s club water polo team and was at practice around 6 p.m. Tuesday at the school’s aquatic center when he began to struggle in the water, said Pat Harris, a spokeswoman for San Jose State University.
Lifeguards pulled the unconscious man out of the water and began CPR before rushing him to San Jose Regional Medical Center. Harryman, though, suffered severe brain damage and life support measures were removed on Saturday.
SJSU water polo player, rapper taken off life support after pool accident - SFGate