Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award

The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter–than–average players who excel 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 is presented to the nation's most outstanding senior who is 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) or shorter, while the women's award is presented to the top senior who is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) or shorter. Early in the women's award's history, the cut–off height was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m). 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).

The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is now restricted to players who compete in NCAA Division I competition, although in the past it was open to all NCAA levels. For the men's winners, John Rinka from Kenyon College (1970) and Mike Schieb from Susquehanna University (1978) were winners from Division II and Division III, respectively. For the women's winners, Julie Dabrowksi of New Hampshire College (1990) and Amy Dodrill (1995) and Angie Arnold (1998), both from Johns Hopkins University, were also winners from Division III.

As of the announcement of the 2012 awards, only two schools from the list of men's winners (St. John's and UCLA) and five schools from the list of women's winners (Connecticut, Gonzaga, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame and Penn State) have had multiple award winners.