2019 AFL Women's Rising Star

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] Madison Prespakis of the Carlton Football Club won the award with 49 votes.[2]

2019 AFL Women's Rising Star
Madison Prespakis, 2019 winner
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	2 April 2019
Location	Docklands Stadium
Country	Australia

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

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

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