page_title: Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: English: w:Earl Boykins playing with the w:Washington Wizards
context_page_description: The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award was an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter-than-average players who excelled on the court despite their size. 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 was presented to the nation's most outstanding senior who is 6 ft 0 in or shorter, while the women's award was presented to the top senior who is 5 ft 8 in or shorter. Early in the women's award's history, the cut-off height was 5 ft 6 in. The men's award was selected by a panel from the National Association of Basketball Coaches, while the women's was selected by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. The award was discontinued following the 2013–14 season.
  The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award was restricted to players who competed in NCAA Division I competition, but in the past it was open to all NCAA levels. For the men's winners, John Rinka from Kenyon College, Mike Scheib from Susquehanna University and Jerry Johnson from Florida Southern College were winners from NCAA Division II, Division III, and Division II, respectively.
caption: Earl Boykins, at 5'5" (1.65 m) is the third-shortest male to win the award.
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