Daisy Pearce Trophy

Daisy Pearce Trophy
Description	The best and fairest player of the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's
Country	Australia
Presented by	Melbourne Football Club
First award	2017
Currently held by	Kate Hore

In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Daisy Pearce Trophy is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Melbourne Football Club during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the competition's inaugural season in 2017. Daisy Pearce was the inaugural winner of the award, winning in the first two seasons ^{[1] [2]} and three times in total; ^[3] in 2023, the award was renamed in her honour. ^[4]

Recipients

Bold	Denotes current player
	Player won AFL Women's best and fairest in same season

Season	Recipient(s)	Ref.
2017	Daisy Pearce	[5]
2018	Daisy Pearce (2)	[6]
2019	Karen Paxman	[7]
2020	Shelley Scott	[8]
2021	Tyla Hanks	[9]
	Karen Paxman (2)
2022 (S6)	Daisy Pearce (3)	[10]
2022 (S7)	Kate Hore	[11]
2023	Tyla Hanks (2)	[12]
	Kate Hore (2)
2024	Kate Hore (3)	[13]

Multiple winners

Player	Awards	Seasons
Daisy Pearce	3	2017, 2018, 2022 (S6)
Kate Hore		2022 (S7), 2023, 2024
Paxy Paxman	2	2019, 2021
Tyla Hanks		2021, 2023

See also

• Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy (list of Melbourne Football Club best and fairest winners in the Australian Football League)

References

1. "Give me the best coach says Daisy Pearce". SEN . 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
2. Ryan, Peter (17 February 2020). "Twin roles and new goals as Daisy makes it back to the AFLW". The Age . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
3. Lovett, Michael, ed. (25 August 2022). AFL Record – 2022 NAB AFLW Season 7 Season Guide. Crocmedia. pp. 32–33. ISBN   978-0-6484651-8-8.
4. "Daisy Pearce Trophy awarded to Melbourne Best and Fairest". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
5. Burgan, Matt (2 April 2017). "Pearce wins club best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
6. Burgan, Matt (28 March 2018). "Pearce claims second best and fairest". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
7. Black, Sarah (7 April 2019). "B&F wrap: Star Demon rewarded for standout season". womens.afl. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
8. "Best and fairest wrap-up: Who won your club's awards?". womens.afl. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
9. Gibson, Ben (30 April 2021). "2021 AFLW Best and Fairest: All the winners". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
10. Gibson, Ben (11 April 2022). "Pearce reigns supreme in tightest of Best and Fairest counts". melbournefc.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
11. "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
12. "Hanks and Hore joint Melbourne AFLW Best and Fairest winners". Melbourne Football Club. 9 December 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
13. "AFLW Best and Fairest | All the winners". Melbourne Football Club . 7 December 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.