List of Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award winners

Every year from 1969 to 2014, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) presented the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award to a Division I men’s basketball player who was shorter than average and “excelled on the court despite their size.” The men’s award was given to a senior who was six feet tall or shorter. Starting in 1984 (and until 2014), a women’s award was also given out by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The award was named in honor of the daughter-in-law of Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of the game of basketball.

Year	Player(s)	School(s)	Height
1969	Billy Keller	Purdue	5’10”
1970	John Rinka	Kenyon	5’9″
1971	Charlie Johnson	California	6’0″
1972	Scott Martin	Oklahoma	6’0″
1973	Robert Sherwin	Army	5’11”
1974	Mike Robinson	Michigan State	5’11”
1975	Monte Towe	NC State	5’7″
1976	Frank Alagia	St. John’s	5’10”
1977	Jeff Jonas	Utah	6’0″
1978	Mike Scheib	Susquehanna	5’8″
1979	Alton Byrd	Columbia	5’9″
1980	Jim Sweeney	Boston College	5’11”
1981	Terry Adolph	West Texas State	5’8″
1982	Jack Moore	Nebraska	5’9″
1983	Ray McCallum	Ball State	5’9″
1984	Ricky Stokes	Virginia	5’10”
1985	Bubba Jennings	Texas Tech	5’11”
1986	Jim Les	Bradley	5’11”
1987	Muggsy Bogues	Wake Forest	5’3″
1988	Jerry Johnson	Florida Southern	5’11”
1989	Tim Hardaway	UTEP	6’0″
1990	Greg Harvey	St. John’s (2)	6’0″
1991	Keith Jennings	East Tennessee State	5’7″
1992	Tony Bennett	Green Bay	6’0″
1993	Sam Crawford	New Mexico State	5’8″
1994	Greg Brown	New Mexico	5’7″
1995	Tyus Edney	UCLA	5’10”
1996	Eddie Benton	Vermont	5’11”
1997	Brevin Knight	Stanford	5’10”
1998	Earl Boykins	Eastern Michigan	5’5″
1999	Shawnta Rogers	George Washington	5’4″
2000	Scoonie Penn	Ohio State	5’11”
2001	Rashad Phillips	Detroit	5’10”
2002	Steve Logan	Cincinnati	5’10”
2003	Jason Gardner	Arizona	5’10”
2004	Jameer Nelson	Saint Joseph’s	6’0″
2005	Nate Robinson	Washington	5’9″
2006	Dee Brown	Illinois	6’0″
2007	Tre Kelly	South Carolina	6’0″
2008	Mike Green	Butler	6’0″
2009	Darren Collison	UCLA (2)	6’0″
2010	Sherron Collins	Kansas	5’11”
2011	Jacob Pullen	Kansas State	6’0″
2012	Reggie Hamilton	Oakland	5’11”
2013	Peyton Siva	Louisville	6’0″
2014	Russ Smith	Louisville (2)	6’0″

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