Rotary Smith Award

The Rotary Smith Award was created in 1988 to honor the most outstanding college baseball player of the year. The award was founded by the Greater Houston Sports Association. In 1996, the Rotary Club of Houston joined the award committee. Prior to the 2004 season, the award was succeeded by the Roger Clemens Award, honoring the most outstanding college baseball pitcher.

Rotary Smith Award

Awarded for	Most outstanding college baseball player of the year
Country	United States
Presented by	Greater Houston Sports Association (1988–2004) Rotary Club of Houston (1996–2004)
History
First award	1988
Final award	2003

Winners

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player	Name of the player
Position	The player's position at the time he won the award
College	The player's college when he won the award
Italics	Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
†	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Rotary Smith Award winners

Year	Player	Position	College
1988	Andy Benes	P	Evansville
1989	Ben McDonald†	P	LSU
1990	Mike Kelly	OF	Arizona State
1991	Bobby Jones	P	Fresno State
1992	Mike Smith	OF	Indiana
1993	Darren Dreifort†	P	Wichita State
1994	Jason Varitek	C	Georgia Tech
1995	Mark Kotsay	OF	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Kris Benson	P	Clemson
1997	Tim Hudson	P/OF	Auburn
1998	Brad Wilkerson†	P/OF	Florida
1999	Jason Jennings	P/DH	Baylor
2000	Kip Bouknight	P	South Carolina
2001	Mark Prior	P	Southern California
2002	Khalil Greene	SS	Clemson
2003	Rickie Weeks	2B	Southern University

See also

• Baseball portal

• List of college baseball awards

External links

• The Rotary Club of Houston