PALM DESERT — A day before Christian Fernandez Morales was pulled out of a pool unconscious and eventually died, the Palm Desert teen paid homage to water.

The teen got the call Tuesday that he won the scholarship. That night, during practice at Shadow Hills High School in Indio, he was pulled from the pool, said his mother, Blanca Morales.

When Riverside County Fire Department paramedics arrived at 9 p.m., they found him unconscious and unresponsive and rushed him to the hospital.

Christian was declared dead at 10:27 p.m. Tuesday at John F. Kennedy Memorial in Indio.

The coroner’s report lists his cause of death as pending additional tests.

Palm Desert High School Principal Bob Hicks said Christian, who just finished his junior year, was practicing with a summer league through USA Water Polo. A league spokesman couldn’t be reached.

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