Johnny Bench Award
Ten winners of the 2019 johnny bench awards presented by krylon have been announced and will be honored on june 18 at great american ball park with an awards luncheon and pregame ceremony.
Johnny bench award. The johnny bench awards this awards program honors the top overall collegiate baseball softball catchers as well as the top overall high school catchers from reds country. The johnny bench awards honor the top ncaa division i male and female college catchers. In 1980 he set an endurance record by catching 100 games for 13 consecutive seasons. The buster posey award was created in 2000 to honor college baseball s top catcher in the national collegiate athletic association s division i the award is administered by the greater wichita area sports commission and presented after the conclusion of the college world series from 2000 to 2018 it was named the johnny bench award.
The johnny bench award which was created by the greater wichita area sports commission and dedicated to the hall of fame cincinnati reds catcher was presented to college baseball s top ncaa. Bench was elected to the baseball hall of fame in january 1989 with the fourth highest percentage of total votes cast. Johnny bench award as of the 2019 season johnny will now be presenting his annual college catcher of the year award in cincinnati along with adding softball high school. Bench was the leader of the reds team known as the big red machine that dominated the national league in the mid 1970s winning six division titles four national league pennants and two.