He was slammed to the turf by an Ohio State University football coach when he dashed onto the field at Ohio Stadium last month, but Anthony Wunder received gentler treatment yesterday in Franklin County Municipal Court. Wunder, a 21-year-old mechanical-engineering student at OSU, was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespassing for his Sept. 27 sprint during a game against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.

He was slammed to the turf by an Ohio State University football coach when he dashed onto the field at Ohio Stadium last month, but Anthony Wunder received gentler treatment yesterday in Franklin County Municipal Court.

Wunder, a 21-year-old mechanical-engineering student at OSU, was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespassing for his Sept. 27 sprint during a game against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.

The sentence, imposed by Judge H. William Pollitt Jr., was consistent with the penalties typically given for the low-level misdemeanor when committed by someone like Wunder who has no criminal record, said Lara Baker-Morrish, Columbus� chief prosecutor.

Wunder will retain his scholarship through the Evans Scholars Foundation, provided that he completes an alcohol-awareness program, said Jeff Harrison, senior vice president of education at Western Golf Association, which sponsors the foundation.

�Anthony has accepted responsibility; he�s apologized and cooperated fully,� Harrison said. �He�s a good kid who made a mistake.�

Wunder, a Cincinnati resident, apologized to his family, the Evans Scholars and the university during the hearing and promised to complete all the requirements of the counseling program.

�I made a mistake, and it was very poor judgment,� he said.

Wunder�s attorney, Mark C. Collins, said after the hearing that �alcohol was a factor in this. Of course it was.�

Collins told the judge that Wunder has entered the university�s �Success Not Excess� program, which will last three to nine months. The Evans Scholars Foundation then will determine whether Wunder has successfully completed the program, Collins said.

In the meantime, he is not permitted to live in the Evans Scholars residence or participate in activities sponsored by the organization, which provides college scholarships for golf caddies.

Wunder, in the fourth year of a five-year engineering program, also faces a disciplinary hearing with university officials next week, Collins said. An OSU spokesman did not return a call seeking information about the hearing.

Collins said Wunder can apply to have the conviction expunged in one year, �which would coincide with graduation.�

Wunder�s run across the gridiron ended when he was grabbed by former OSU linebacker Anthony Schlegel, now an assistant coach, who body-slammed him and helped a security employee drag him off the field. One video of the tackle has generated 7 million views on YouTube.

In addition to the fine and counseling program, Collins said his client is dealing with �the embarrassment that he�s gone through on social media and the humiliation, and he brought that upon himself ... People can disagree about whether or not he was treated properly or slammed to the ground too hard, but that�s another discussion.�

He said Wunder was not injured during the incident and is not interested in taking legal action against Schlegel.

�As far as we�re concerned, this case is over,� Collins said.

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