Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is a college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter-than-average players who become stars in the game. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter-in-law, was established for men in 1969 and for women in 1984. The men's award is presented to the nation's most outstanding senior 6'0" (~1.83 m) and under, while the women's version is presented to the top senior 5'8" (~1.73 m) and under (at one point, 5'6" (~1.68 m) and under). The men's award is selected by a panel from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), while the women's is selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).

Men's winners ( [http://www.hoophall.com Hoophall.com] )

*1969 Billy Keller, Purdue
*1970 John Rinka, Kenyon
*1971 Charlie Johnson, California
*1972 Scott Martin, Oklahoma
*1973 Robert Sherwin, Army
*1974 Mike Robinson, Michigan State
*1975 Monte Towe, North Carolina State
*1976 Frank Alagia, St. John's
*1977 Jeff Jonas, Utah
*1978 Mike Schieb, Susquehanna
*1979 Alton Byrd, Columbia
*1980 Jim Sweeney, Boston College
*1981 Terry Adolph, West Texas Sate
*1982 Jack Moore, Nebraska
*1983 Ray McCallum, Ball State
*1984 Ricky Stokes, Virginia
*1985 Bubba Jennings, Texas Tech
*1986 Jim Les, Bradley
*1987 Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, Wake Forest
*1988 Jerry Johnson, Florida Southern
*1989 Tim Hardaway, UTEP
*1990 Greg Harvey, St. John's
*1991 Keith "Mister" Jennings, East Tennessee State
*1992 Tony Bennett, Wisconsin-Green Bay
*1993 Sam Crawford, New Mexico State
*1994 Greg Brown, New Mexico
*1995 Tyus Edney, UCLA
*1996 Eddie Benton, Vermont
*1997 Brevin Knight, Stanford
*1998 Earl Boykins, Eastern Michigan
*1999 Shawnta Rogers, George Washington
*2000 Scoonie Penn, Ohio State
*2001 Rashad Phillips, Detroit
*2002 Steve Logan, Cincinnati
*2003 Jason Gardner, Arizona
*2004 Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph's
*2005 Nate Robinson, Washington
*2006 Dee Brown, Illinois
*2007 Tre Kelley, South Carolina
*2008 Mike Green, Butler

Women's winners ( [http://www.wbca.org/PomeroyAward.asp) Wbca.org] )

*1984 Kim Mulkey, Louisiana Tech
*1985 Maria Stack, Gonzaga
*1986 Kamie Ethridge, Texas
*1987 Rhonda Windham, USC
*1988 Suzie McConnell, Penn State
*1989 Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
*1990 Julie Dabrowski, New Hampshire College
*1991 Shanya Evans, Providence
*1992 Rosemary Kosiorek, West Virginia
*1993 Dena Evans, Virginia
*1994 Nicole Levesque, Wake Forest
*1995 Amy Dodrill, Johns Hopkins
*1996 Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn
*1997 Jennifer Howard, North Carolina State
*1998 Angie Arnold, Johns Hopkins
*1999 Becky Hammon, Colorado State
*2000 Helen Darling, Penn State
*2001 Niele Ivey, Notre Dame
*2002 Sheila Lambert, Baylor
*2003 Kara Lawson, Tennessee
*2004 Erika Valek, Purdue
*2005 Tan White, Mississippi State
*2006 Megan Duffy, Notre Dame
*2007 Jolene Anderson, Wisconsin