( CNN ) The last three defendants prosecuted in the hazing death of Florida A & M drum major Robert Champion were convicted Friday of manslaughter and hazing with the result of death , reported CNN affiliate WFTV . A jury deliberated about 2½ hours before returning guilty verdicts against Benjamin McNamee , 25 ; Aaron Golson , 22 ; and Darryl Cearnel , 28 . They will be sentenced June 26 , according to Orange County , Florida , online court records . Until then , they 'll be held in the county jail . Champion , 26 , died in November 2011 after a band hazing ritual in which he was beaten aboard a school bus after a football game in Orlando , Florida . The initiation required pledges to run down the center of the bus while being punched , kicked and assaulted by senior members , band members have said . A medical examiner ruled Champion 's death a homicide and said he died within an hour of being beaten . Champion suffered multiple blunt trauma blows , the medical examiner said . A total of 15 defendants were charged originally , but most took plea deals , WFTV reported . Last October , Dante Martin stood trial and was convicted of the same charges . He was sentenced to 77 months in prison .
Florida A & M drum major Robert Champion died in 2011 after a hazing ritual aboard a bus . A jury convicted the last three defendants of manslaughter and hazing with the result of death .