• Player
• Seasons: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93
• Number: 31
• Position: F/C
• Height: 6' 7“
• Weight: 230 lbs.
• Hometown: Bridgeport, CT
• High School: Bassick
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Birthdate: May 25, 1971

• Key contributor to UM's ascension in the early years of the John Calipari era.
• Heart of a warrior helped him play bigger than the 6'7” he was.
• Career averages of 12.9 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
• Scored 1,534 total points in 119 games, with 111 starts.
• 1992 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.
• Most Outstanding Player in the 1992 and 1993 Atlantic 10 Tournaments (only A-10 player to win it two times until Temple's Dionte Christmas in 2008 and 2009).¹⁾
• Only hit two career 3-pointers, but one helped UMass advance to their first-ever Sweet Sixteen, in 1992.
• Led the team in blocked shots in each of his four seasons. In his sophomore year, he led the entire Atlantic 10 Conference.
• Inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006

Harper finished his UMass career near the top of the list in many statistical categories.²⁾

• 1,534 points was fifth-most. (See current list of the 1K point club.)
• 554 field goals was sixth-most.
• .513 field goal percentage was sixth-highest.
• 424 free throws was fourth-most.
• 602 free throws attempted was fifth-most.
• 146 made free throws in 1991-92 was fifth-most in a single UMass season.
• 854 rebounds was fifth-most.
• 222 blocks was UM's best.
• 9 blocks on 2/1/1991 set a new UMass single game record. Tied later by Marcus Camby and surpassed by Stephane Lasme.
• 74 blocks in 1990-91 was UM's single-season best, until Camby and Lasme set new marks.
• 111 games started was fourth-most.

• Team Co-Captain with Tony Barbee
• All-Atlantic 10 First Team
• A-10 Tournament Most Valuable Player and All-Tournament Team
• NABC All-District First Team
• Played in 22 games, starting 21. Missed some time in December & January with a broken hand. Had the option to redshirt but chose to come back mid-season.
• Upped his numbers to 15.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.
• Tied a UM A-10 Tourney game record with 14 free throws attempted versus Temple on March 11. Mark stood through at least the 2007-08 season.³⁾

• Atlantic 10 Player of the Year
• All-Atlantic 10 First Team
• A-10 Tournament Most Valuable Player and All-Tournament Team
• NABC All-District Second Team
• Started all of the team's 35 games.
• Maintained his output at 13.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
• Hit key 3-pointer in the NCAA Tournament victory over Syracuse (3/22/1992).
• Free throw percentage of .734 led the team.
• Led the team in rebounds with 263 (7.5 average).
• Snared 16 rebounds versus Rutgers in the A-10 Tournament on March 8, which was best in UM history, in an A-10 Tourney game, through the 2007-08 season.⁴⁾

• All-Atlantic 10 Third Team
• Played in all 33 games, starting 29.
• Improved numbers to 13.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
• Blocked 9 shots versus Rhode Island on February 1, setting a new UMass program record.
• Led the Atlantic 10 in blocks with 74 (2.2 average).
• Free throw percentage of .721 led the team.
• Led the team in rebounds with 255 (7.7 average).

• Atlantic 10 All-Freshman Team
• Played in 29 of the team's 31 games, starting in 26.
• Averaged 8.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

Career high in points: 27 vs. George Washington, Jan. 15, 1992.⁵⁾

• Played professionally overseas for 17 years. See details on his Wikipedia page.

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