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Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

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Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Awarded forthe most outstanding male and female college basketball players no taller than 6'0" (1.83 m) and 5'8" (1.73 m), respectively
CountryUnited States
Presented byNABC (men)
WBCA (women)
History
First award1969 (men)
1984 (women)
Final award2014

The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award was an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor players who excelled on the court in spite of their height. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter-in-law,[1] was established for men in 1969[1] and for women in 1984.[2] The men's award was presented to the nation's most outstanding senior who stands 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) or shorter,[1] while the women's award was presented to the top senior who is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) or shorter.[3] Early in the women's award's history, the cut-off height was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m).[2] The men's award was selected by a panel from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC),[1] while the women's was selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA).[4] The award was discontinued following the 2013–14 season.[5]

Both the men's and women's winners were generally players in NCAA Division I. For the men's side, John Rinka from Kenyon College (1970), Mike Scheib from Susquehanna University (1978) and Jerry Johnson from Florida Southern College (1988) won from NCAA Divisions II, III, and II, respectively. For the women's winners, Julie Dabrowski of New Hampshire College (now Southern New Hampshire University) (1990) and Amy Dodrill (1995) and Angie Arnold (1998), both from Johns Hopkins University, were also winners from Division III.

Only three schools from the list of men's winners (Louisville, St. John's and UCLA) and six schools from the list of women's winners (Baylor, Gonzaga, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Penn State, and UConn) had multiple award winners. Of these programs, the only one with winners in consecutive seasons is the Louisville men's program (Peyton Siva in 2013 and Russ Smith in 2014). Six other schools have had winners of both the men's and women's awards: California, Eastern Michigan, NC State, Purdue, Virginia, and Wake Forest.

Key

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    *     Awarded a national player of the year award:
Men – Sporting News; Oscar Robertson Trophy; Associated Press; NABC; UPI; Naismith; Wooden; Adolph Rupp Trophy; Helms Foundation
Women – Wade; Associated Press; Naismith; Wooden

Winners

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John Rinka, Kenyon, 1970
Kim Mulkey, Louisiana Tech, 1984
Muggsy Bogues, Wake Forest, 1987
Jennifer Rizzotti, UConn, 1996
Earl Boykins, Eastern Michigan, 1998
Becky Hammon, Colorado State, 1999
Jameer Nelson, Saint Joseph's, 2004
Tan White, Mississippi State, 2005
Jacob Pullen, Kansas State, 2011
Odyssey Sims, Baylor, 2014
Men
Year Player School Height Reference
1968–69 Billy Keller Purdue 5'10" (1.78 m) [1]
1969–70 John Rinka Kenyon 5'9" (1.75 m) [6]
1970–71 Charles Johnson California 6'0" (1.83 m) [7]
1971–72 Scott Martin Oklahoma 6'0" (1.83 m) [8]
1972–73 Robert Sherwin Army 5'11" (1.80 m) [9]
1973–74 Mike Robinson Michigan State 5'11" (1.80 m) [10]
1974–75 Monte Towe NC State 5'7" (1.70 m) [11]
1975–76 Frank Alagia St. John's 5'10" (1.78 m) [12]
1976–77 Jeff Jonas Utah 6'0" (1.83 m) [13]
1977–78 Mike Scheib Susquehanna 5'8" (1.73 m) [6]
1978–79 Alton Byrd Columbia 5'9" (1.75 m) [14]
1979–80 Jim Sweeney Boston College 5'11" (1.80 m) [15]
1980–81 Terry Adolph West Texas State 5'8" (1.73 m) [6]
1981–82 Jack Moore Nebraska 5'9" (1.75 m) [16]
1982–83 Ray McCallum Ball State 5'9" (1.75 m) [7]
1983–84 Ricky Stokes Virginia 5'10" (1.78 m) [17]
1984–85 Bubba Jennings Texas Tech 5'11" (1.80 m) [18]
1985–86 Jim Les Bradley 5'11" (1.80 m) [19]
1986–87 Muggsy Bogues Wake Forest 5'3" (1.60 m) [20]
1987–88 Jerry Johnson Florida Southern 5'11" (1.80 m) [21]
1988–89 Tim Hardaway UTEP 6'0" (1.83 m) [22]
1989–90 Boo Harvey St. John's 6'0" (1.83 m) [23]
1990–91 Keith Jennings East Tennessee State 5'7" (1.70 m) [24]
1991–92 Tony Bennett Green Bay 6'0" (1.83 m) [25]
1992–93 Sam Crawford New Mexico State 5'8" (1.73 m) [26]
1993–94 Greg Brown New Mexico 5'7" (1.70 m) [27]
1994–95 Tyus Edney UCLA 5'10" (1.78 m) [28]
1995–96 Eddie Benton Vermont 5'11" (1.80 m) [20]
1996–97 Brevin Knight Stanford 5'10" (1.78 m) [29]
1997–98 Earl Boykins Eastern Michigan 5'5" (1.65 m) [30]
1998–99 Shawnta Rogers George Washington 5'4" (1.63 m) [31]
1999–00 Scoonie Penn Ohio State 5'11" (1.80 m) [32]
2000–01 Rashad Phillips Detroit Mercy 5'9" (1.78 m) [33]
2001–02 Steve Logan Cincinnati 5'10" (1.78 m) [34]
2002–03 Jason Gardner Arizona 5'10" (1.78 m) [35]
2003–04 Jameer Nelson* Saint Joseph's 6'0" (1.83 m) [36]
2004–05 Nate Robinson Washington 5'9" (1.75 m) [37]
2005–06 Dee Brown* Illinois 6'0" (1.83 m) [38]
2006–07 Tre Kelley South Carolina 6'0" (1.83 m) [39]
2007–08 Mike Green Butler 6'0" (1.83 m) [40]
2008–09 Darren Collison UCLA 6'0" (1.83 m) [41]
2009–10 Sherron Collins Kansas 5'11" (1.80 m) [42]
2010–11 Jacob Pullen Kansas State 6'0" (1.83 m) [43]
2011–12 Reggie Hamilton Oakland 5'11" (1.80 m) [43]
2012–13 Peyton Siva Louisville 6'0" (1.83 m) [44]
2013–14 Russ Smith Louisville 6'0" (1.83 m) [37]
Women
Year Player School Height Reference
1968–69 No award
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84 Kim Mulkey Louisiana Tech 5'4" (1.63 m) [2]
1984–85 Maria Stack Gonzaga 5'5" (1.65 m) [45]
1985–86 Kamie Ethridge* Texas 5'5" (1.65 m) [46]
1986–87 Rhonda Windham USC 5'5" (1.65 m) [47]
1987–88 Suzie McConnell Penn State 5'5" (1.65 m) [48]
1988–89 Paulette Backstrom Bowling Green 5'5" (1.65 m) [49]
1989–90 Julie Dabrowski New Hampshire College 5'5" (1.65 m) [23]
1990–91 Shanya Evans Providence 5'2" (1.57 m) [50]
1991–92 Rosemary Kosiorek West Virginia 5'5" (1.65 m) [51]
1992–93 Dena Evans Virginia 5'4" (1.63 m) [52]
1993–94 Nicole Levesque Wake Forest 5'3" (1.60 m) [53]
1994–95 Amy Dodrill Johns Hopkins 5'4" (1.63 m) [54]
1995–96 Jennifer Rizzotti* UConn 5'6" (1.68 m) [4]
1996–97 Jennifer Howard NC State 5'6" (1.68 m) [55]
1997–98 Angie Arnold Johns Hopkins 5'6" (1.68 m) [56]
1998–99 Becky Hammon Colorado State 5'6" (1.68 m) [57]
1999–00 Helen Darling Penn State 5'6" (1.68 m) [48]
2000–01 Niele Ivey Notre Dame 5'7" (1.70 m) [58]
2001–02 Sheila Lambert Baylor 5'7" (1.70 m) [59]
2002–03 Kara Lawson Tennessee 5'8" (1.73 m) [60]
2003–04 Erika Valek Purdue 5'6" (1.68 m) [61]
2004–05 Tan White Mississippi State 5'7" (1.70 m) [62]
2005–06 Megan Duffy Notre Dame 5'7" (1.70 m) [63]
2006–07 Lindsey Harding* Duke 5'8" (1.73 m) [64]
2007–08 Jolene Anderson Wisconsin 5'8" (1.73 m) [65]
2008–09 Renee Montgomery UConn 5'7" (1.70 m) [3]
2009–10 Alexis Gray-Lawson California 5'8" (1.73 m) [66]
2010–11 Courtney Vandersloot Gonzaga 5'8" (1.73 m) [67]
2011–12 Tavelyn James Eastern Michigan 5'7" (1.70 m) [68]
2012–13 Alex Bentley Penn State 5'8" (1.73 m) [69]
2013–14 Odyssey Sims* Baylor 5'8" (1.73 m) [70]

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