Harris named Google Cloud Academic all-America
Charlotte 49ers senior first baseman Meredith Harris was named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Softball Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
The Google Cloud Academic All-America Softball Team celebrates the nation’s top players for their efforts on the field and in the classroom.
The Charlotte native is picking up Academic All-America honors for the first time. Harris completed her undergraduate degree in English with a 3.95 grade point average and has maintained a stellar 3.86 GPA while pursuing an MBA from the Belk College of Business.
Her list of academic accolades includes being a five-time “Perfect Niner,” making six appearances on the Chancellor’s List and earning seven appearances on the Athletic Director’s List. Harris was named to the Conference USA Honor Roll four times, received the Conference USA Commissioner’s Medal in 2018 and won Charlotte’s Bonnie Cone Award in 2017. She was named to the InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Softball All-Academic Team in 2017.
With Harris’ selection to the Academic All-America Team, she becomes the fourth softball player in Charlotte history to receive the honor, joining Tiffany Howard (1998), Lexi Betancourt (2016), Haley Pace (2016, 2017, 2018) and Bailey Rhoney (2018).