Oklahoma State University Athletics
Matt Smith Named Big 12 Pitcher Of The Week
May 15, 2000 | Cowboy Baseball
May 15, 2000
DALLAS - Oklahoma State junior pitcher Matt Smith of Henderson, Nev., has been selected as the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week by a select panel of media covering Big 12 baseball for games played May 8-14 in the final balloting of the 2000 season.
Smith's 2000 home finale was one to remember. He pitched a five-hit complete game shutout in beating Texas Tech 2-0 and struck out 13 hitters while walking three in the process. Smith also became the all-time strikeout leader in OSU annals with 346-an average of 115.3 whiffs per season-with the
Big 12 Phillips 66 postseason tourney still upcoming. He passed Dennis Livingston with 344 strikeouts from 1982-84 for the Cowboys and started OSU on a trail of back-to-back blankings of the Red Raiders 2-0 and 5-0 last Friday and Saturday.
It was the second time this season Smith has won the award and the fourth time in his OSU career. He along with Roy York, Carl--s Gautreaux and Luke Scott received Big 12 player/pitcher of the week plaudits.
Individual 2000 Big 12 Phillips Players and Pitchers of the Week include:
Feb. 7-3B Rob Conway, Iowa State, P Phil Seibel, Texas, Feb. 14-2B
Doug Dreher, Kansas, P Beau Hale, Texas, Feb. 21-OF-DH Roy York, Oklahoma
State, P Logan Dale, Missouri, Feb. 28-DH Chaz Eiguren, Texas Tech, P Chad
Hawkins, Baylor, Mar. 6-OF Jayce Tingler, Missouri, P D.J. Jones, Texas,
Mar. 13-OF Jaime Bubela, Baylor, P Khalid Ballouli, Texas A&M, Mar. 20-OF
Carlos Gautreaux, Oklahoma State, P Jamie Rodrigue, Nebraska, Mar. 27-OF
Daylan Holt, Texas A&M, P Shane Komine, Nebraska, Apr. 3-1B Rick Park,
Oklahoma, P Matt Smith, Oklahoma State, Apr. 10-2B Chad Tabor, Kansas State,
P Shane Komine, Nebraska, Apr. 17-1B Dan Johnson, Nebraska, P Kyle Evans,
Baylor, Apr. 24-1B Rick Park, Oklahoma, P Mike Laesch, Iowa State, May 1-DH
Matt Hopper, Nebraska, P Kyle Evans, Baylor, May 8-1B Luke Scott, Oklahoma
State, P Shane Komine, Nebraska.
