2017 AFL Women's Rising Star

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2017 AFL Women's Rising Star
Ebony Marinoff 2018.jpg
Ebony Marinoff, 2017 winner
Sponsored by National Australia Bank
Date28 March 2017 (2017-03-28)
LocationPeninsula, Docklands
Reward(s)$20,000
WinnerEbony Marinoff (Adelaide)
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The AFL Women's Rising Star is an Australian rules football award given annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) for the year. Two eligible players are nominated each round of the home-and-away season; the players must have been under 21 at the beginning of the year and cannot have been previously nominated. Players suspended during the year cannot win. [1] After the season's completion, an expert panel votes on the recipient. [2]

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In 2016, National Australia Bank expanded its 14-year sponsorship of the Australian Football League (AFL) to the women's competition, including the naming rights to its Rising Star award, ahead of its first season in 2017. [3] The inaugural Rising Star, who won $20,000, [4] was announced at the AFLW's awards ceremony on 28 March, held at Peninsula, an event space in Docklands, Melbourne. The ceremony was live-streamed on the AFL's website and mobile app. [5] The ten members of the year's voting panel were Mark Evans, Darren Flanigan, Ros Lanigan, Simon Lethlean, Jennie Loughnan, Peta Searle, Kevin Sheehan, Kelli Underwood, Josh Vanderloo and Shelley Ware. [6]

Ebony Marinoff of Adelaide was the inaugural winner, earning 47 votes. A midfielder, she led the league in tackles, laying a total of 70 for the season. [7] She played in Adelaide's premiership side and was also named on the interchange bench in the season's AFLW All-Australian team. [4] Melbourne amassed the most nominations during the season, with four players (Deanna Berry, Jasmine Grierson, Lily Mithen and Katherine Smith) selected. [6]

Nominations

Both players nominated in round 5 played for Carlton: Tilly Lucas-Rodd (pictured) and Bella Ayre. Tilly Lucas-Rodd 11.03.18.jpg
Both players nominated in round 5 played for Carlton: Tilly Lucas-Rodd (pictured) and Bella Ayre.
Melbourne's Lily Mithen finished third, accruing 23 votes. Lily Mithen 19.01.18 (cropped).jpg
Melbourne's Lily Mithen finished third, accruing 23 votes.
Table of nominees
RoundPlayerClubRef.
1 Bailey Hunt Western Bulldogs [9]
Ebony Marinoff Adelaide
2 Tayla Harris Brisbane [10]
Lily Mithen Melbourne
3 Erin McKinnon Greater Western Sydney [11]
Ashley Sharp Fremantle
4 Sabrina Frederick-Traub Brisbane [12]
Jasmine Grierson Melbourne
5 Bella Ayre Carlton [8]
Tilly Lucas-Rodd Carlton
6 Brittany Bonnici Collingwood [13]
Katherine Smith Melbourne
7 Nicola Barr Greater Western Sydney [14]
Deanna Berry Melbourne
Table of nominations by club
NumberClubPlayerNom.
4 Melbourne Lily Mithen 2
Jasmine Grierson 4
Katherine Smith 6
Deanna Berry 7
2 Brisbane Tayla Harris 2
Sabrina Frederick-Traub 4
Carlton Bella Ayre 5
Tilly Lucas-Rodd 5
Greater Western Sydney Erin McKinnon 3
Nicola Barr 7
1 Adelaide Ebony Marinoff 1
Collingwood Brittany Bonnici 6
Fremantle Ashley Sharp 3
Western Bulldogs Bailey Hunt 1

Final voting

Table of votes [7]
PlacingPlayerClubNom.Votes
1 Ebony Marinoff Adelaide 147
2 Sabrina Frederick-Traub Brisbane 441
3 Lily Mithen Melbourne 223
4 Tayla Harris Brisbane 218
5 Jasmine Grierson Melbourne 412
6 Erin McKinnon Greater Western Sydney 35
7 Nicola Barr Greater Western Sydney 72
Deanna Berry Melbourne 72

See also

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