Police released the names of 17 people yesterday, including 15 Penn State students, who they said supplied alcohol to underage students involved with two pedestrian accidents this semester.

Eleven charges stem from an investigation into who allegedly supplied 18-year-old freshman Michael Drauch with alcohol Dec. 2, the night police said he was hit by former student Katherine Applegate, 23, as she drove on East College Avenue. Police believe Drauch was drinking, and witnesses said they saw the freshman stumble.

The other charges were filed against six people police said supplied alcohol to 20-year-old junior Anthony Torsell Oct. 28 before he allegedly drove drunk and hit two men, killing one and critically injuring another.

If convicted of the misdemeanor charges, the individuals could face up to a year in jail and $2,500 in fines, police said.

State College Police Sgt. Keith Robb said those charged received two misdemeanor summons yesterday for furnishing alcohol to underage students the night of each accident.

The minimum fine for a furnishing misdemeanor is $1,000 for a first-time offender. After the first offense, people convicted again receive a minimum $2,500 fine. All of the individuals are believed to be first-time offenders, Robb said.

The second charge, levied by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, carries an additional $500 fine, police said.

Robb said police have determined that Drauch and four friends attended three parties before the accident but have not yet discussed charging him for underage drinking since he is currently in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center. It is unclear if Drauch's blood-alcohol content was tested the night of the accident. An accident report indicates that a State College police officer who responded to the scene "noticed an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath."

Drauch's four friends who accompanied him that night have also not been charged, police said.

One of the parties police said Drauch and his friends attended was hosted by former "Chicken Man" Gregory Gehl, 21, who was notorious on campus for wearing a chicken costume. The residents of the 500 E. College Ave. apartment where Gehl was hosting the party, Michael Barrish, 22, and Kirk Thompson, 21, were also charged with furnishing, Robb said.

Police said Drauch then went to the seventh-floor University Gateway apartment, 616 E. College Ave., of Stephen Herbert, 19, Michael Stanczak, 20, and Michael Nicoara, 19, who were also charged with supplying alcohol.

Drauch later moved to a third-floor apartment in the same building, police said, where student residents Kelly Jubic, 20, Melissa Wertz, 21, Karen Scott, 20, and Rachel Vaira, 20, received charges of furnishing. Jason Lesniewski, 22, also was charged for allegedly purchasing the alcohol for the party.

Gregory Daughenbaugh, 21, and Alicia Fellows, 19, and students Ashley Krupa, 19, Brooke Mahen, 19, Laura Fry, 22, and Eryn Wagner, 19, were charged for allegedly supplying alcohol to Torsell prior to the accident.

Though the majority of those charged are underage themselves, Robb said a person does not have to be 21 years old to be charged with furnishing to underage individuals.

"You don't have to buy it or give it to them," Robb said. "If you allow someone in your apartment to drink underage, you are furnishing by law."

Gehl said he did not know Drauch was at the party until police officers spoke to him the morning after the accident.

"Things have been going pretty bad for me lately ... I looked at it as very bad luck for my part and all the other people who are going to get charged," he said.

Gehl said he wishes police would teach people how to throw more responsible parties instead of coming down hard on people with criminal charges.

"This whole experience scares me for ever having a party again," he added.

Assistant District Attorney Nathan Boob said although he has not seen the specific charges against the students, it is possible to receive jail time if convicted of a misdemeanor charge.

"The law is clear, but everything has to be judged on a case-by-case basis," he said.