See also
- Gold Coast Suns Club Champion (list of Gold Coast Suns best and fairest winners in the Australian Football League)
| Gold Coast Club Champion | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best and fairest player of the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL Women's |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Gold Coast Suns |
| First awarded | 2020 |
| Currently held by | Claudia Whitfort |
In the AFL Women's (AFLW), the Gold Coast Club Champion award is awarded to the best and fairest player at the Gold Coast Suns during the home-and-away season. The award has been awarded annually since the club's inaugural season in the competition in 2020, and Jamie Stanton was the inaugural winner of the award. [1]
| Bold | Denotes current player |
| Player won AFL Women's best and fairest in same season |
| Season | Recipient(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Jamie Stanton | [2] [3] |
| 2021 | Lauren Ahrens | [4] [5] |
| 2022 (S6) | Alison Drennan | [6] |
| 2022 (S7) | Charlie Rowbottom | [7] [8] |
| 2023 | Claudia Whitfort | [9] |
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Club Champion – Jamie Stanton "Jamie was consistent across the whole year. She tried to lead by example. For her to be recognised by people outside our club as well in the All-Australian squad was a great reward. She also formed some great bonds with some of the younger players."
LAUREN Ahrens has been crowned the Suns' 2021 AFLW Club Champion after a stellar season in defence. Ahrens led the vote count from Round 2 onwards and didn't relinquish the lead to finish on 238 votes.
The 19-year-old midfielder, in just her second campaign in the elite women's competition, was named the Gold Coast's club champion at an awards ceremony on the weekend in a season which took the orange and red outfit from cellar dwellers to top eight dark horses.