Two students connected with the death of Eric Blair, an 18-year-old Bay City man who drowned in the Red Cedar River in October, were sentenced Monday.

Nicholaus Belski, an 18-year-old kinesiology sophomore, was sentenced to six months probation and $1,170 in fines for supplying alcohol to Blair.

Sara Kaufman, a 21-year-old psychology senior, also was sentenced Monday. Prosecutors said the terms of her sentencing are closed to the public.

Ingham County Assistant Prosecutor Joyce Draganchuk said the sentences for the two students were consistent and fair.

“I think it’s perfectly consistent with what everyone else gets for that crime,” she said.

Three other MSU students still are awaiting their sentences in connection with Blair’s death. Nicole Bukowski, 21, Cassandra Duggan, 20, and Laurel Trezise, 20, also pleaded guilty to supplying alcohol to a minor and are scheduled to be sentenced June 19. The misdemeanor charge carries up to 60 days in jail, a $1,000 fine and community service.

Belski and Kaufman pleaded guilty last month to one count of supplying alcohol to a minor.

Prosecutors say Belski purchased beer for Blair, a Delta College student, and his friends on Oct. 19 in exchange for Blair paying admission for alcohol to a party at an apartment between Bogue and River streets. Blair’s body was found in the river near Shaw Hall and Bogue Street on Oct. 23 with a blood-alcohol level of .14.

The four female students who lived at the apartment.

Belski’s attorney, Jim Newton, told 54-B District Court Judge Richard D. Ball before Monday’s sentence that Belski is a college student with good grades and a bright future ahead of him.

Belski declined to comment.

Ball said Blair made two bad decisions the night of his death - to drink as a minor and to drink excessively.