TROY, Alabama – Former Trojan Joey Denison and current head coach Mark Smartt were named the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Player of the Year and Coach of the Year at the organization's state coaches convention in Birmingham Friday evening.
A native of Troy, Denison can add yet another award to his trophy collection from the 2018 season that already included Sun Belt Player of the Year, three different All-America teams, First Team All-Sun Belt and NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team. He posted an unprecedented school single-season record 81 RBI, which led the conference and ranked third nationally – his 91 hits were the fourth-most by any player in school history.