AFL Women's Rising Star

The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017. The award has been sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB) since 2017.[1]

AFL Women's Rising Star
Current: AFL Women's season seven Rising Star
Awarded forThe best young player in the AFL Women's
Sponsored byNational Australia Bank (2017–)
CountryAustralia
First awarded2017
Currently held byMimi Hill (Carlton)
WebsiteNAB AFL Women's Rising Star

Eligibility and voting procedure

Every round, two nominations are given to standout young players who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 years of age on 1 January of that year and not have been previously nominated.[2] Players suspended during the season may be nominated,[3] but cannot win.[4] At the end of the season, each member of a voting panel, which also selects the AFL Women's All-Australian team, awards five votes, four votes, three votes, two votes and one vote to the nominated players they judge the best to fifth-best during the season respectively. The player with the highest total of votes wins.[5]

Winners

Year Winner Club Recruited Ref.
2017Ebony MarinoffAdelaide2016 AFL Women's draft, selection 7[5]
2018Chloe MolloyCollingwood2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 3[6]
2019Madison PrespakisCarlton2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 3[7]
2020Isabel HuntingtonWestern Bulldogs2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 1[8]
2021Tyla HanksMelbourne2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 6[9]
2022Mimi HillCarlton2020 AFL Women's draft, selection 12[10]

Nominations

Nominations by club

Club Nominations Winners
Adelaide91
Brisbane110
Carlton122
Collingwood61
Essendon20
Fremantle70
Geelong50
Gold Coast50
Greater Western Sydney80
Hawthorn20
Melbourne101
Kangaroos40
Port Adelaide30
Richmond10
St Kilda50
Sydney30
West Coast50
Western Bulldogs141

Updated to the end of round 10, S7 (2022).

Most nominations in a season

Number Club Season Nominees
5Western Bulldogs2018Libby Birch, Monique Conti, Naomi Ferres, Bonnie Toogood, Aisling Utri
4Melbourne2017Deanna Berry, Jasmine Grierson, Lily Mithen, Katherine Smith
Brisbane2021Belle Dawes, Nat Grider, Tahlia Hickie, Courtney Hodder
3Adelaide2018Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones
Carlton2020Grace Egan, Lucy McEvoy, Charlotte Wilson
St Kilda2020Caitlin Greiser, Georgia Patrikios, Olivia Vesely
Fremantle2022Dana East, Mikayla Morrison, Sarah Verrier
Western Bulldogs2022Elisabeth Georgostathis, Nell Morris-Dalton, Isabelle Pritchard
Port AdelaideS7 (2022)Abbey Dowrick, Hannah Ewings, Indy Tahau
SydneyS7 (2022)Montana Ham, Sofia Hurley, Cynthia Hamilton

Achievements of winners

Achievement Player Rising Star Achievement
Season Club Season Club
Won the Rising Star and a premiership in the same yearEbony Marinoff2017Adelaide2017Adelaide
Won a premiershipEbony Marinoff2017Adelaide2017Adelaide
2019
2022
Won the AFL Women's best and fairestMadison Prespakis2019Carlton2020Carlton

See also

References

  1. Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-6484651-8-8.
  2. Thomas, Kirralee (7 February 2018). "AFLW: Rising Star Eligibility". afc.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  3. Black, Sarah (5 March 2019). "Second Rising Star nominees named for Cats, Crows". womens.afl. Telstra Media. Retrieved 7 November 2019. "Scheer [is] the ... AFLW Rising Star nominee ... She has played four games this season (missing one through suspension)
  4. "NAB AFL Women's Rising Star". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. Black, Sarah (28 March 2017). "Crows teenager Ebony Marinoff named AFLW Rising Star". afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  6. Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Dogs star named League B&F". afl.com.au. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. McGowan, Marc (28 April 2020). "Star Dog bounces back from injuries to claim Rising Star award". womens.afl. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. Black, Sarah (20 April 2021). "This rise is official: 157cm Demon Tyla Hanks is the NAB AFLW Rising Star". womens.afl. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. Bastiani, Gemma (5 April 2022). "A Rising Star on the Hill: Blues star claims prestigious award". womens.afl. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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