AFL Women's Rising Star

AFL Women's Rising Star
AFL Women's Rising Star
Current: 2024 AFL Women's Rising Star
Awarded for	The best young player in the AFL Women's
Sponsored by	Telstra
Country	Australia
First awarded	2017
Currently held by	Zarlie Goldsworthy (Greater Western Sydney)
Website	AFLW Rising Star Award

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 Telstra since 2024.^[1]

Eligibility and voting procedure

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

Season	Winner	Club	Recruited	Ref.
2017	Ebony Marinoff	Adelaide	2016 AFL Women's draft, selection 7	^[5]
2018	Chloe Molloy	Collingwood	2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 3	^[6]
2019	Madison Prespakis	Carlton	2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 3	^[7]
2020	Isabel Huntington	Western Bulldogs	2017 AFL Women's draft, selection 1	^[8]
2021	Tyla Hanks	Melbourne	2018 AFL Women's draft, selection 6	^[9]
2022 (S6)	Mimi Hill	Carlton	2020 AFL Women's draft, selection 12	^[10]
2022 (S7)	Hannah Ewings	Port Adelaide	2022 AFL Women's draft, selection 3	^[11]
2023	Zarlie Goldsworthy	Greater Western Sydney	2022 AFL Women's draft, selection 20	^[12]

Nominations

Nominations by club

Updated to the end of week 10, 2024.

Club	Nominations	Winners
Adelaide	10	1
Brisbane	12	0
Carlton	14	2
Collingwood	7	1
Essendon	5	0
Fremantle	7	0
Geelong	6	0
Gold Coast	6	0
Greater Western Sydney	10	1
Hawthorn	6	0
Melbourne	10	1
North Melbourne	4	0
Port Adelaide	7	1
Richmond	2	0
St Kilda	6	0
Sydney	6	0
West Coast	8	0
Western Bulldogs	16	1

Most nominations in a season

Number	Club	Season	Nominees
5	Western Bulldogs	2018	Libby Birch, Monique Conti, Naomi Ferres, Bonnie Toogood, Aisling Utri
4	Melbourne	2017	Deanna Berry, Jasmine Grierson, Lily Mithen, Katherine Smith
4	Brisbane	2021	Belle Dawes, Nat Grider, Tahlia Hickie, Courtney Hodder
3	Adelaide	2018	Sarah Allan, Anne Hatchard, Eloise Jones
	Carlton	2020	Grace Egan, Lucy McEvoy, Charlotte Wilson
	St Kilda	2020	Caitlin Greiser, Georgia Patrikios, Olivia Vesely
	Fremantle	2022 (S6)	Dana East, Mikayla Morrison, Sarah Verrier
	Western Bulldogs	2022 (S6)	Elisabeth Georgostathis, Nell Morris-Dalton, Isabelle Pritchard
	Port Adelaide	2022 (S7)	Abbey Dowrick, Hannah Ewings, Indy Tahau
	Sydney	2022 (S7)	Montana Ham, Sofia Hurley, Cynthia Hamilton
	Hawthorn	2023	Charlotte Baskaran, Jasmine Fleming, Lucy Wales
	Sydney	2023	Ella Heads, Sofia Hurley, Ally Morphett
	Port Adelaide	2024	Molly Brooksby, Shineah Goody, Matilda Scholz

Achievements of winners

Achievement	Player	Rising Star		Premiership
Achievement	Player	Season	Club	Season	Club
Won the Rising Star and a premiership in the same season	Ebony Marinoff	2017	Adelaide	2017	Adelaide
Won a premiership	Ebony Marinoff	2017	Adelaide	2017	Adelaide
				2019
				2022 (S6)
	Tyla Hanks	2021	Melbourne	2022 (S7)	Melbourne
Won the AFL Women's best and fairest	Madison Prespakis	2019	Carlton	2020	Carlton

References

^ "Telstra new naming rights partner of AFL/AFLW Drafts, Rising Star Awards". afl.com.au. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ Thomas, Kirralee (7 February 2018). "AFLW: Rising Star Eligibility". afc.com.au. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
^ Black, Sarah (5 March 2019). "Second Rising Star nominees named for Cats, Crows". womens.afl. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019. "Scheer [is] the ... AFLW Rising Star nominee ... She has played four games this season (missing one through suspension)
^ "NAB AFL Women's Rising Star". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Black, Sarah (28 March 2017). "Crows teenager Ebony Marinoff named AFLW Rising Star". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
^ Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Dogs star named League B&F". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ McGowan, Marc (28 April 2020). "Star Dog bounces back from injuries to claim Rising Star award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ Black, Sarah (20 April 2021). "This rise is official: 157cm Demon Tyla Hanks is the NAB AFLW Rising Star". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ Bastiani, Gemma (5 April 2022). "A Rising Star on the Hill: Blues star claims prestigious award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
^ Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2022). "Rise to power: Port midfield gun named Rising Star". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
^ Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2023). "Giants gun edges out young Swan to win Rising Star award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

External links

AFLW Awards

[1] "Telstra new naming rights partner of AFL/AFLW Drafts, Rising Star Awards". afl.com.au. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

[2] Thomas, Kirralee (7 February 2018). "AFLW: Rising Star Eligibility". afc.com.au. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

[3] Black, Sarah (5 March 2019). "Second Rising Star nominees named for Cats, Crows". womens.afl. Telstra Media. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. 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. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[2017_winner-5] Black, Sarah (28 March 2017). "Crows teenager Ebony Marinoff named AFLW Rising Star". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2017.

[6] Navaratnam, Dinny (27 March 2018). "W Awards: Dogs star named League B&F". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

[7] Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[8] McGowan, Marc (28 April 2020). "Star Dog bounces back from injuries to claim Rising Star award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 13 May 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[10] Bastiani, Gemma (5 April 2022). "A Rising Star on the Hill: Blues star claims prestigious award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

[11] Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2022). "Rise to power: Port midfield gun named Rising Star". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.

[12] Bastiani, Gemma (22 November 2023). "Giants gun edges out young Swan to win Rising Star award". womens.afl. Archived from the original on 27 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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