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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 who is 6 feet (1.83 m) and under, while the women's version is presented to the top senior who is 5 feet 8 inches (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] Winners

Year	Winner	Gender	College
1969	Keller, BillyBilly Keller	Male	Purdue
1970	Rinka, JohnJohn Rinka	Male	Kenyon
1971	Johnson, CharlieCharlie Johnson	Male	California
1972	Martin, ScottScott Martin	Male	Oklahoma
1973	Sherwin, RobertRobert Sherwin	Male	Army
1974	Robinson, MikeMike Robinson	Male	Michigan State
1975	Towe, MonteMonte Towe	Male	North Carolina State
1976	Alagia, FrankFrank Alagia	Male	St. John's
1977	Jonas, JeffJeff Jonas	Male	Utah
1978	Schieb, MikeMike Schieb	Male	Susquehanna
1979	Byrd, AltonAlton Byrd	Male	Columbia
1980	Sweeney, JimJim Sweeney	Male	Boston College
1981	Adolph, TerryTerry Adolph	Male	West Texas Sate
1982	Moore, JackJack Moore	Male	Nebraska
1983	McCallum, RayRay McCallum	Male	Ball State
1984	Stokes, RickyRicky Stokes	Male	Virginia
1984	Mulkey, KimKim Mulkey	Female	Louisiana Tech
1985	Jennings, BubbaBubba Jennings	Male	Texas Tech
1985	Stack, MariaMaria Stack	Female	Gonzaga
1986	Les, JimJim Les	Male	Bradley
1986	Ethridge, KamieKamie Ethridge	Female	Texas
1987	Bogues, MuggsyMuggsy Bogues	Male	Wake Forest
1987	Windham, RhondaRhonda Windham	Female	USC
1988	Johnson, JerryJerry Johnson	Male	Florida Southern
1988	McConnell, SuzieSuzie McConnell	Female	Penn State
1989	Hardaway, TimTim Hardaway	Male	UTEP
1989	Backstrom, PaulettePaulette Backstrom	Female	Bowling Green
1990	Harvey, GregGreg Harvey	Male	St. John's
1990	Dabrowski, JulieJulie Dabrowski	Female	New Hampshire College
1991	Jennings, KeithKeith Jennings	Male	East Tennessee State
1991	Evans, ShanyaShanya Evans	Female	Providence
1992	Bennett, TonyTony Bennett	Male	Wisconsin-Green Bay
1992	Kosiorek, RosemaryRosemary Kosiorek	Female	West Virginia
1993	Crawford, SamSam Crawford	Male	New Mexico State
1993	Evans, DenaDena Evans	Female	Virginia
1994	Brown, GregGreg Brown	Male	New Mexico
1994	Levesque, NicoleNicole Levesque	Female	Wake Forest
1995	Edney, TyusTyus Edney	Male	UCLA
1995	Dodrill, AmyAmy Dodrill	Female	Johns Hopkins
1996	Benton, EddieEddie Benton	Male	Vermont
1996	Rizzotti, JenniferJennifer Rizzotti	Female	Connecticut
1997	Knight, BrevinBrevin Knight	Male	Stanford
1997	Howard, JenniferJennifer Howard	Female	North Carolina State
1998	Boykins, EarlEarl Boykins	Male	Eastern Michigan
1998	Arnold, AngieAngie Arnold	Female	Johns Hopkins
1999	Rogers, ShawntaShawnta Rogers	Male	George Washington
1999	Hammon, BeckyBecky Hammon	Female	Colorado State
2000	Penn, ScoonieScoonie Penn	Male	Ohio State
2000	Darling, HelenHelen Darling	Female	Penn State
2001	Phillips, RashadRashad Phillips	Male	Detroit
2001	Ivey, NieleNiele Ivey	Female	Notre Dame
2002	Logan, SteveSteve Logan	Male	Cincinnati
2002	Lambert, SheilaSheila Lambert	Female	Baylor
2003	Gardner, JasonJason Gardner	Male	Arizona
2003	Lawson, KaraKara Lawson	Female	Tennessee
2004	Nelson, JameerJameer Nelson	Male	Saint Joseph's
2004	Valek, ErikaErika Valek	Female	Purdue
2005	Robinson, NateNate Robinson	Male	Washington
2005	White, TanTan White	Female	Mississippi State
2006	Brown, DeeDee Brown	Male	Illinois
2006	Duffy, MeganMegan Duffy	Female	Notre Dame
2007	Kelley, TreTre Kelley	Male	South Carolina
2007	Harding, LindseyLindsey Harding	Female	Duke
2008	Green, MikeMike Green	Male	Butler
2008	Anderson, JoleneJolene Anderson	Female	Wisconsin
2009	Collison, DarrenDarren Collison	Male	UCLA
2009	Montgomery, ReneeRenee Montgomery	Female	Connecticut

College basketball awards:
Best player awards: Naismith Trophy \| Wooden Award Oscar Robertson Trophy \| Rupp Trophy \| NABC Player of the Year \| AP Player of the Year Wade Trophy (Women's) \| Wooden Award (Women's)
Bob Cousy Award / Nancy Lieberman Award (Best Point Guard) \| Pete Newell Big Man Award (Best Big Man) NABC Defensive Player of the Year \| Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award (Under 6'0") NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Naismith College Coach of the Year \| Henry Iba Award \| NABC Coach of the Year \| AP Coach of the Year Chip Hilton Award (Player Character) \| Clair Bee Award (Coaching Character) Legends of Coaching (Lifetime)
NABC Player of the Year (Div. II) \| NABC Player of the Year (Div. III) \| NABC Player of the Year (NAIA) \| NABC Player of the Year (Juco)