Austin Peay State University Athletics

Career Honors

• 07-08 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• 09-10 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Dean's List: F07, F08, S10, F10
• AD's Honor Roll: F07, S08, F08, F09, S10, F10

Career Recap: Austin Peay
As a junior in 2010 - Harper played sporadically with 10 appearances spread throughout season's final three months... finished campaign with eight starts and compiled a 4-3 record and a 5.43 ERA... picked up season's first win at Charlotte, March 13, going five innings and allowing one run on three hits, striking out four... made season's best start against Centenary, March 20, going six shutout innings and striking out a season-high nine batters to pick up his second consecutive victory... picked up season's third win against Murray State, March 27, after tossing 4.2 innings of seven-hit baseball... picked up season's final victory against Jacksonville State, April 17, throwing 4.1 solid innings, and giving up one run while striking out two... made late-season relief appearance against Tennessee Tech, May 18, throwing one inning and striking out two of the three batters faced.

As a sophomore in 2009 - Harper led the Govs starting corps with a 4.12 ERA while compiling a 4-3 record in 11 starts and three relief appearances... was 2-2 with 4.28 ERA in OVC play... opened season with 14 consecutive scoreless innings, holding Lamar scoreless through 5.2 innings, Feb. 20; tossing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief at Tennessee, Feb. 24; followed by seven scoreless innings against Cleveland State, Feb. 27... recorded season's first victory against Cleveland State, striking out four in seven innings as Govs posted first shutout since the 2007 campaign... named OVC co-Player of the Week, March 2, courtesy those performances... struck out six and allowed just three runs in hard-luck loss at Mississippi, March 11... struck out season-high nine batters in OVC-opening victory against Eastern Kentucky, March 21, allowing one run in season-high 7.2 innings pitched... did not pick up a decision in next start at Jacksonville State, March 28, after leaving with four innings pitched... recovered to win next start against SIU Edwardsville, April 4, working around a season-high 11 hits by surrendering only five runs in 6.1 innings... suffered razor-thin defeats in next two starts as Govs offense sputtered, losing by a 3-1 margin at Morehead State, April 11, and by a 4-3 score against Tennessee Tech, April 18... allowed a total of seven hits and two walks in those two contests while striking out nine batters... missed three weekends following Tennessee Tech contest due to injury... recorded a victory in his return - the season's final weekend - picking up Govs final victory at Murray State, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings of series' second game.

As a freshman in 2008 - Harper made 19 appearances, with nine starts and 10 relief appearances... compiled 3-4 record and 5.54 ERA... finished OVC play with 2-1 record and 5.00 ERA... first two appearances came as closer and Harper was 1-0 with a save... season's third appearance was a start at East Tennessee, where he made a quality start, but did not receive a decision... followed that with back-to-back relief appearances on March 10 against Bradley and Dayton, was tagged for loss against Dayton after surrendering one run in 1.2 innings... returned to starting role March 14 against Milwaukee, but suffered second consecutive loss despite allowing only three earned runs (eight total runs) over 4.2 innings... left with no decision against Eastern Kentucky after allowing five runs on six hits in 4.1 innings... picked up season's second victory, March 30, against Jacksonville State after allowing one unearned run on six hits over six innings... started against Morehead State, April 5, but made just five pitches before leaving due to an arm injury and was out 17 days before next appearance... that next appearance was start against Vanderbilt where he allowed five runs on five hits over three innings... next three appearances came in relief, including relief victory at Southeast Missouri, April 26... made season's seventh start against Middle Tennessee, May 5, surrendering four runs on nine hits but striking out five over 4.1 innings... was penciled in to make first weekend start since April 5, but the Eastern Illinois series finale was washed out... instead started in non-conference tilt at Lipscomb and had a rough night surrendering four runs in 2.1 innings... returned to action four days later in regular-season finale against Murray State, May 17, and lasted another 1.1 innings before being pulled, trailing 3-1, in a game the Govs would lose 11-4... made relief appearances in both OVC tournament contests... allowed one run but struck out two batters in one inning against Southeast Missouri, May 21... threw 1.1 scoreless innings of relief against Tennessee Tech, May 22.

Career Recap: Clarksville HS
Under head coach Paul Mittura was a pitcher and shortstop for the Wildcats... named to the Region 5-AAA and TSWA Class-AAA All-State teams... was the District 10-AAA Pitcher of the Year, finishing his senior season with a 5-1 record, while leading Clarksville to a District 10-AAA tournament championship... in 52.3 innings of worked, allowed 29 hits, walking 17, while fanning 99 batters... had his season's best performance striking 17 batters in a nine-inning contest against Dickson County, but lost to Vanderbilt signee and All-American Sonny Gray, 1-0 in the region championship game.

Personal
Ryne Richard Harper is the son of Ralph and Karen Harper... born March 27... has a younger brother, Reed (20), a sophomore on the Governors baseball team... majoring in chemistry... father Ralph played second base at Austin Peay from 1978-81.