SAULT STE. MARIE, MI -- Lake Superior State University is remembering one of its students tonight.

19-year old Dillon Menard from Negaunee was found dead over the weekend.

He was a student-athlete at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie.

Menard was on the Lake Superior State Track and Field Team.  This year, he would have been a sophomore and was going to school to become an engineer.  He was found dead in his dorm room early Sunday morning.  Police say early indications show he died from natural causes.

Lake State's campus was quiet Monday, less than a week away before students move back for the fall semester.  Dillon Menard was on campus getting ready for the new freshman class, learning the ropes of being a resident assistant and a mentor.

"People liked him for his sense of humor.  He would get things going, so people felt very close to him," said Vice President of Student Affairs Ken Peress.

Public Safety responded to Menard's room after his friends didn't hear from him.  The news has sent shock across the campus of just less than 3,000 students.

“We've never had this happen before.  It's a new experience for us, and it's a tragic loss," said LSSU Athletic Director Kris Dunbar.

Dunbar says Dillon Menard was known for his athletic ability, but more importantly, his academic performance and the type of person he was.

"It is a very hard loss, our hearts go out to the family and everyone that knew him because he was a terrific, terrific individual, he was a student here who touched a lot of lives," said Dunbar.

The University says each year, every athlete is given an extensive and intensive physical to check their health.  This year, the same was done.

“We have to deal with the grief, but it's also important that we remember him, and remember the good things, and keep him in our minds, and move from there," said Peress.

The Sault Ste. Marie Police Department says there's nothing suspicious about Menard's death.  An autopsy took place in Marquette.  Students and faculty here home that will answer a lot of unknown questions.