2022 AFL Women's season 6 Rising Star

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2022 AFL Women's season 6
Rising Star
Sponsored by National Australia Bank
Date5 April 2022
Venue Crown Melbourne
Hosted bySarah Jones
Winner Mimi Hill (Carlton)
Television/radio coverage
Network Fox Footy
  2021  · AFL Women's Rising Star ·  2022 (S7)  

The 2022 AFL Women's season 6 Rising Star award was presented to the player adjudged the best young player during 2022 AFL Women's season 6. [1] Mimi Hill of the Carlton Football Club won the award with 43 votes. [2]

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Eligibility

Every round, two nominations will be 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 2022 and not suspended during the season. [1]

Nominations

Table of nominees
RoundPlayerClubRef.
1 Mia King North Melbourne [3]
Georgie Prespakis Geelong
2 Alyssa Bannan Melbourne [4]
Charlie Rowbottom Gold Coast
3 Zimmorlei Farquharson Brisbane [5]
Megan Fitzsimon Melbourne
4 Keeley Sherar Carlton [6]
Sarah Verrier Fremantle
5 Mimi Hill Carlton [7]
Montana McKinnon Adelaide
6 Ellie Hampson Gold Coast [8]
Mikayla Morrison Fremantle
7 Isabella Eddey North Melbourne [9]
Elisabeth Georgostathis Western Bulldogs
8 Teah Charlton Adelaide [10]
Eliza James Collingwood
9 Dana East Fremantle [11]
Nell Morris-Dalton Western Bulldogs
10 Darcy Moloney Geelong [12]
Isabelle Pritchard Western Bulldogs
Table of nominations by club
NumberClubPlayerNom.
3 Fremantle Sarah Verrier 4
Mikayla Morrison 6
Dana East 9
Western Bulldogs Elisabeth Georgostathis 7
Nell Morris-Dalton 9
Isabelle Pritchard 10
2 Adelaide Montana McKinnon 5
Teah Charlton 8
Carlton Keeley Sherar 4
Mimi Hill 5
Geelong Georgie Prespakis 1
Darcy Moloney 10
Gold Coast Charlie Rowbottom 2
Ellie Hampson 6
Melbourne Alyssa Bannan 2
Megan Fitzsimon 3
North Melbourne Mia King 1
Isabella Eddey 7
1 Brisbane Zimmorlei Farquharson 3
Collingwood Eliza James 8

Final voting

Table of votes [2]
PlacingPlayerClubNom.Votes
1 Mimi Hill Carlton 543
2 Charlie Rowbottom Gold Coast 242
3 Mia King North Melbourne 133
4 Georgie Prespakis Geelong 120
5 Alyssa Bannan Melbourne 25

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