2019 AFL Women's Rising Star

2019 AFL Women's Rising Star
Maddy Prespakis, 2019 winner
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	2 April 2019
Location	Docklands Stadium
Country	Australia
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The 2019 NAB AFL Women's Rising Star award was presented to the player adjudged the best young player during the 2019 AFL Women's season. ^[1] Maddy Prespakis of the Carlton Football Club won the award with 49 votes. ^[2]

Eligibility

Every round, two nominations were given to standout young players who performed well during that particular round. To be eligible for nomination, players must have been under 21 years of age on 1 January 2019, not have been suspended during the season and never previously been nominated. ^[1]

Nominations

Table of nominees

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Nina Morrison	Geelong	[3]
	Alyce Parker	Greater Western Sydney
2	Maddy Prespakis	Carlton	[4]
	Sabreena Duffy	Fremantle
3	Courteney Munn	North Melbourne	[5]
	Eden Zanker	Melbourne
4	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	[6]
	Sarah Dargan	Collingwood
5	Olivia Purcell	Geelong	[7]
	Chloe Scheer	Adelaide
6	Georgia Gee	Carlton	[8]
	Jacqui Yorston	Brisbane
7	Jordyn Allen	Collingwood	[9]
	Haneen Zreika	Greater Western Sydney

Table of nominations by club

Number	Club	Player	Nom.
2	Adelaide	Danielle Ponter	4
		Chloe Scheer	5
	Carlton	Maddy Prespakis	2
		Georgia Gee	6
	Collingwood	Sarah Dargan	4
		Jordyn Allen	7
	Geelong	Nina Morrison	1
		Olivia Purcell	5
	Greater Western Sydney	Alyce Parker	1
		Haneen Zreika	7
1	Brisbane	Jacqui Yorston	6
	Fremantle	Sabreena Duffy	2
	Melbourne	Eden Zanker	3
	North Melbourne	Courteney Munn	3

Final voting

Table of votes

Placing	Player	Club	Nom.	Votes
1	Maddy Prespakis	Carlton	2	49
2	Alyce Parker	Greater Western Sydney	1	39
3	Olivia Purcell	Geelong	5	20
4	Sabreena Duffy	Fremantle	2	17
5	Danielle Ponter	Adelaide	4	13
6	Eden Zanker	Melbourne	3	7
7	Jordyn Allen	Collingwood	7	3
8	Jacqui Yorston	Brisbane	6	2

References

1. "NAB AFL Women's Rising Star". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
2. Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
3. Black, Sarah (5 February 2019). "Cat and Giant win round-one Rising Star nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
4. Olsson-Young, Marni (12 February 2019). "Blue, Docker take out round-two Rising Star nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
5. Black, Sarah (19 February 2019). "Roo, Demon nab R3 Rising Star nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
6. Black, Sarah (26 February 2019). "Great footy bloodlines in round four Rising Star nominee". womens.afl. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
7. Black, Sarah (5 March 2019). "Second Rising Star nominees named for Cats, Crows". womens.afl. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
8. Black, Sarah (12 March 2019). "Blues, Lions midfielders earn Rising Star nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
9. Black, Sarah (19 March 2019). "Top-10 pick, first Muslim player, earn final Rising Star nominations". womens.afl. Retrieved 19 March 2019.