Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
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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, the women's award went to those 5'6" (~1.68 m) and under. The men's award is selected by a panel from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the women's award is selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).
[edit] Men's winners
- 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 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
[edit] Women's winners
- 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
