Harper is Baseball's Seventh Academic All-American Since 2013

#frm_content-name#-Georgia StateATLANTA -- Georgia State outfielder-pitcher Rhett Harper was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® baseball team, announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Harper's selection to the second team gives the Georgia State baseball program seven Academic All-America® honorees since 2013.

The senior from Chatsworth, Ga., has the highest grade point average on the Academic All-America® baseball team. He graduated this semester with a 4.16 GPA in finance.

Harper hit .288 with two home runs and 13 RBI in 80 at-bats, despite batting for the first time in three years. Also a right-handed relief pitcher, he returned to the outfield…