Rotary Smith Award

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)
First awarded	1988
Last awarded	2003

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.

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
	Player is active

Rotary Smith Award winners

Year	Player	Position	College
1988	Benes, AndyAndy Benes	Pitcher	Evansville
1989	McDonald, BenBen McDonald	Pitcher	LSU
1990	Kelly, MikeMike Kelly	Outfielder	Arizona State
1991	Jones, BobbyBobby Jones	Pitcher	Fresno State
1992	Smith, MikeMike Smith	Outfielder	Indiana
1993	Dreifort, DarrenDarren Dreifort	Pitcher	Wichita State
1994	Varitek, JasonJason Varitek	Catcher	Georgia Tech
1995	Kotsay, MarkMark Kotsay	Outfielder	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Benson, KrisKris Benson	Pitcher	Clemson
1997	Hudson, TimTim Hudson	Pitcher/Outfielder	Auburn
1998	Wilkerson, BradBrad Wilkerson	Pitcher/Outfielder	Florida
1999	Jennings, JasonJason Jennings	Pitcher/Designated Hitter	Baylor
2000	Bouknight, KipKip Bouknight	Pitcher	South Carolina
2001	Prior, MarkMark Prior	Pitcher	Southern California
2002	Greene, KhalilKhalil Greene	Shortstop	Clemson
2003	Weeks, RickieRickie Weeks	Second baseman	Southern University

See also

• List of college baseball awards

External links

• The Rotary Club of Houston