L.P. Smith Award for Teaching Excellence
Winners of the Award
The following is a complete list of the winners of the award. The recipients are listed by academic year, with the most recent winners listed first.
| 2024-2025 | Kevin Dembski and Hannah Scanlon |
| 2023-2024 | Rena Chu and Kairi Black |
| 2022-2023 | Kairi Black and James Wheeler |
| 2021-2022 | Sven Hirsch and Chindu Mohanakumar |
| 2020-2021 | Stephen McKean and Hwai-Ray Tung |
| 2019-2020 | Omar Melikechi and Ruby Kim |
| 2018-2019 | Erika Ordog, Eric Hopper, and Jeff LaComb |
| 2017-2018 | Michael Bell, Weifan Liu, and Erin Beckman |
| 2016-2017 | Chester Lian and Michael Bell |
| 2015-2016 | Ashleigh Thomas and Chester Lian |
| 2014-2015 | Brian Fitzpatrick and Caitlin Leverson |
| 2013-2014 | Phillip Andreae and Andrew Goetz |
| 2012-2013 | Brian Fitzpatrick and Sean Lawley |
| 2011-2012 | Christopher O'Neill and Esteban Chavez |
| 2010-2011 | Sarah Schott and Michael Pruitt |
| 2009-2010 | Alan Parry and Sarah Schott |
| 2008-2009 | Tiffany Kolba and Jeff Jauregui |
| 2007-2008 | Rann Bar-On |
| 2006-2007 | Paul Bendich |
| 2005-2006 | Michael Nicholas and Joseph Spivey |
| 2004-2005 | Thomas Laurent, Bill LeFew, Dan Yasaki, and Wenjun Ying |
| 2003-2004 | Dave Anderson, John Cain, and Tim Lucas |
| 2002-2003 | Christian Benes, Michael Kozdron, and Chris Hale |
| 2000-2001 | Christian Benes, Michael Kozdron, and Ted Welsh |
| 1999-2000 | Ted Welsh |
| 1998-1999 | Laura Taalman |
| 1997-1998 | Laura Taalman |
| 1996-1997 | Chad Fargason |
| 1995-1996 | Anna Georgieva and Chris Odden |
| 1994-1995 | Beth Brooks and Jim Rolf |
| 1993-1994 | Keener Hughen and Kevin Knudson |
| 1992-1993 | Sharad Chaudhary and Rick Clelland |
| 1991-1992 | Scott Gordon and Emily Puckette |
| 1990-1991 | Shandelle Henson and Chris Peterson |
| 1989-1990 | Al Bourgeois and Mickey McDonald |
| 1988-1989 | Tom Polaski and Tien-Yu Sun |
| 1987-1988 | Jeanne Nailor and Bill Mueller |
| 1986-1987 | Teresa Gonzales |
| 1985-1986 | Donna Gates Sylvester |
| 1984-1985 | Julie Kimbell |
| 1983-1984 | David Hartz and David Massey |
| 1982-1983 | Bruce Pitman and Les Reid |
| 1981-1982 | Lewis Blake, Joe Fehribach, and Karen Israel |