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, 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).

[edit] Men's winners (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

[edit] Women's winners (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