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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).

• 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

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• 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

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