Western Michigan University Athletics

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Grand Haven under head coach Steve Hewitt ... led Buccanneers to 17-8 record as a senior and district championship with 16.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists and two steals per game ... Detroit Free Press Class A First Team All-State, BCAM Class A All-State, Bankhoops.com Class A Second Team All-State and Detroit News Class A Honorable Mention All-State ... McDonald’s All-America candidate was leading scorer in West Michigan All-Star Game and played in BCAM Class A/B All-Star Game ... co-O-K Red Conference champions as a junior with 15 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals per game for 15-6 squad ... AP Class A Honorable Mention All-State, three-time Muskegon Chronicle A-B All-Area Team and two-time O-K Red All-Conference ... competed in sprints and high jump on the track team as a senior ... finished third in O-K Red in the high jump to earn all-conference honors.

Personal:  Born Jan. 18, 1991 in West Bloomfield, Mich. ... full name is Austin E. Harper ... son of Ed and Kathy Harper ... father attended the Naval Academy and mother attended Michigan State ... major is undecided.