Hays ? A San Diego man was sentenced Thursday to seven years and five months in prison for his part in the beating death of a Fort Hays State University freshman.

Luis A. Llamas, 24, pleaded guilty in June as part of a deal to avoid trial on a second-degree murder charge in Ellis County District Court.

Llamas was one of four former FHSU students charged in the death of Clint Johnson, 18, of Healy. Johnson was beaten with a baseball bat during several fights near an apartment complex north of campus on Nov. 13. He died two days later.

Two others charged in the case already have entered plea bargains.

Christopher Ross, 19, of Wylie, Texas, pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter; he has not been sentenced. Bradley Deary, 21, of Smithville, Texas, pleaded guilty in April to aggravated battery. He was sentenced to probation.

The fourth man, Jaime Lopez III, 24, Chula Vista, Calif., is scheduled to go on trial on Sept. 7.