Baker University sophomore Sione Maumau was found dead this evening in Irwin Hall.

In an email to BU faculty and staff, President Lynn Murray said, “it is with deep sadness that I inform the campus community of the untimely passing.”

Maumau was on the football team, a resident assistant in Irwin Hall and a member of Speech Choir at Baker.

In the moments after Maumau was found, a crowd had gathered outside the residence hall. Sobbing could be heard from Dearborn Street.

One student fell to his knees while another was already on the ground, his face buried between his arms. Students were embracing one another while others walked away, heads down, from the area.

Students are convening in the Long Student Center to mourn the loss tonight. Murray stated in her email that grievance counselors are available for members of the BU community.

Maumau was from Highlands Ranch, Colorado. The official cause of his death has not been made public.