Two former Florida A&M University band members, including one charged in the felony hazing death of drum major Robert Champion, today pleaded no contest to misdemeanor hazing for beating a female clarinet player last year, the Orlando Sentinel says.

Aaron Golson, 19, and Sean Hobson, 23, will serve a year's probation in Georgia, their home state, and report to a jail-work camp for one month. They initially faced felony charges for hazing Bria Shante Hunter, 18. The freshman was seeking to join a group of FAMU band members from Georgia called the "Red Dawg Order." She and Hobson attended the same high school.

The hazing occurred about three weeks before Champion died from a Nov. 19 beating aboard a bus after the Florida Classic football game in Orlando. Golson is among 11 band members charged with felony hazing over his death. He is to be arraigned next month.

Campus police said Hunter's upper thighs were punched repeatedly in one episode, and her upper legs were struck with a metal ruler in another. A week later she went to the hospital by ambulance after having trouble walking and climbing stairs.

Police initially filed felony charges because they believed her leg was broken, which turned out to be not true. Prosecutors reduced the charges because felony hazing requires proof of "serious bodily injury."

The hazing happened at the off-campus apartment of another band member, James Harris, 23. Although he was also charged, authorities say he was in another room when Hunter was beaten. Charges will be dismissed if he completes a supervised program. A hearing was rescheduled to June 12.

Golson, Hobson and Harris have been expelled from the university, based in Tallahassee.