Rotary Smith Award

The Rotary Smith Award was an award given annually to the most outstanding college baseball player. The award was established in 1988 by the Greater Houston Sports Association. In 1996, the Rotary Club of Houston joined the award committee. In 2004, the award was succeeded by the Roger Clemens Award.

Award Winners

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