USA Wrestling John Smith Award Winners
2025 – Zahid Valencia, Stillwater, Okla., Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC
2024 – Spencer Lee, Iowa City Iowa, Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC and David Taylor, Stillwater, Okla., Cowboy RTC
2023 – Vito Arujau, Syosset, N.Y., Spartan Combat WC/Titan Mercury WC
2022 – David Taylor, State College, Pa., Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC
2021 – Gable Steveson, Apple Valley, Minn., Gopher WC RTC
2020 – No award (COVID-19)
2019 – J’den Cox, Colorado Springs, Colo., Titan Mercury WC
2018 – David Taylor, State College, Pa., Nittany Lion WC
2017 – Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md., Titan Mercury WC
2016 – Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md., Titan Mercury WC
2015 – Kyle Snyder, Woodbine, Md., Titan Mercury WC
2014 – Tervel Dlagnev, Columbus, Ohio, Sunkist Kids
2013 – Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb., Sunkist Kids
2012 – Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb., Sunkist Kids
2011 – Jordan Burroughs, Lincoln, Neb., Sunkist Kids
2010 – J.D. Bergman, Columbus, Ohio, New York AC
2009 – Jake Herbert, Evanston, Ill., New York AC
2008 – Henry Cejudo, Colorado Springs, Colo., Sunkist Kids
2007 – Daniel Cormier, Stillwater, Okla., Gator WC
2006 – Bill Zadick, Colorado Springs, Colo., Gator WC
2005 – Tolly Thompson, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Sunkist Kids
2004 – Cael Sanderson, Ames, Iowa, Sunkist Kids
2003 – Cael Sanderson, Ames, Iowa, Sunkist Kids
2002 – Joe Williams, Iowa City, Iowa, Sunkist Kids
2001 – Joe Williams, Iowa City, Iowa, Sunkist Kids
2000 – Brandon Slay, Amarillo, Texas, Dave Schultz WC
1999 – Stephen Neal, Bakerfield, Calif., Dave Schultz WC
1998 – Sammie Henson, Norman, Okla., Sunkist Kids
1997 – Les Gutches, Corvallis, Ore., Sunkist Kids
1996 – Kendall Cross, Raleigh, N.C., Sunkist Kids
1995 – Kevin Jackson, Phoenix, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
1994 – Melvin Douglas, Mesa, Ariz., Sunkist Kids
1993 – Terry and Tom Brands, Iowa City, Iowa, Team Foxcatcher
1992 – John Smith, Stillwater, Okla., Sunkist Kids
