(CNN) A former Louisiana State University student was sentenced to five years in prison in the 2017 hazing death of 18-year-old fraternity pledge Maxwell Gruver, a court official told CNN.

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office shows Matthew Naquin, one of ten people arrested on Oct. 11, 2017, on hazing charges in the death of Max Gruver, a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge. A Louisiana jury on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, convicted Naquin, a former Louisiana State University student of negligent homicide in the fraternity pledge's drinking death during a hazing nearly two years ago. (East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Matthew Naquin, 21, who was found guilty of negligent homicide earlier this year, will likely serve only two and a half years because the judge suspended half of his sentence.

Naquin was also ordered to 1,000 hours of community service, a $1,000 fine and three years of probation. Additionally, he must write a letter of apology to Gruver's family and speak at different high schools about the dangers of hazing for each year of his probation.

Gruver died on September 14, 2017, after an alcohol-related hazing ritual while pledging Phi Delta Theta.

The night before Gruver died, he was called to the fraternity house to participate in "Bible Study," according to interviews conducted by LSU police. Fraternity members asked pledges questions about the fraternity, and pledges were forced to drink alcohol if they answered incorrectly.

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