A Kansas University honors student died Sunday night after apparently suffering a seizure and collapsing in the hallway of an on-campus residence hall.

He was identified as Andrew Rotman, 19, a sophomore from Cawker City majoring in physics.

KU police were called to Templin Hall at 8:27 p.m. to a report of a resident having a seizure on the fifth floor, said Capt. Mark Witt, a department spokesman. Officers performed CPR on Rotman, and he was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed today, and no final cause of death had been released as of 9:30 a.m.

Rotman was a sophomore despite being in only his first year at KU. He was a 2005 graduate of Lakeside High School and a recipient of KU’s prestigious Summerfield Scholarship, given to students graduating from Kansas high schools to recognize outstanding academic achievement, community service and leadership.

Rotman also was an officer in the KU Association of University Residence Halls. Counselors from KU’s Counseling and Psychological Services sent grief counselors to meet with Templin residents.

“The sudden loss of such a bright young man who was filled with promise and who had already begun an active college career in the short time he was at KU fills us with great sadness,” Chancellor Robert Hemenway said in a statement released this morning. “We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.”