PONTIAC - A Chenoa woman was sentenced to a year in jail for what authorities said was her role in a high school drinking party that resulted in the death of a Fairbury teenager.

Anne Haugen, 51, was sentenced to 364 days in the Livingston County jail for a charge of unlawful delivery of alcohol to a minor, a Class A misdemeanor. Haugen is eligible for good-time credit to reduce her sentence.

Haugen was convicted in August of illegally delivering a keg of beer to her then-16-year-old daughter during halftime of a Prairie Central High School basketball game on Feb. 17, 2007. Authorities said Haugen took the keg of beer and put it in the trunk of her daughter's car, knowing it would be consumed at a party in Forrest.

Travis Steidinger, 16, of Fairbury, who was one of the guests at the party, was found dead of hypothermia the next morning in a nearby field. Authorities said he and others fled the house when someone yelled "Cops!"

Everyone returned to the home except Steidinger, who left without shoes or a coat in freezing temperatures. He reportedly was walking home when he died.

Toxicology reports indicate that Steidinger's blood alcohol level was 0.031, less than half of the legal limit for adult drivers of 0.08.

"The risk of providing a keg of beer to an underage child for a party where it will be given or sold to . . . when you think of the risk, it's as high as you can get," Livingston County Associate Judge Robert Travers said. "The risk of harm couldn't be any higher. This is something you just don't do."

Haugen was charged in August 2007 with the misdemeanor and a felony charge of unlawfully contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. The felony charge later was dismissed.

Before the sentencing, Steidinger's family members gave statements on why Haugen should receive the maximum sentence.

"If only she would be a parent instead of a best friend," Steidinger attorney Ed Parkinson said while he read a statement from Steidinger's father, Rick Steidinger. "Her daughter graduated this year. Travis would have been a senior this year. I do not get to see him graduate."

Haugen also spoke before the sentencing and voiced her regret. She said she thinks about this every day.

"I made a very stupid mistake," she said while fighting back tears. "I am very sorry. Not a day goes by that I don't think about how dumb this was and how it had had an effect on so many people.

"I made a stupid mistake," she said.

The Steidinger family is suing several people, including Haugen, whom they believe contributed to Travis Steidinger's death. That case is ongoing.