Ella Roberts during West Coast’s clash with GWS in AFLW round seven, 2025. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n
AWARDS season is upon us after the conclusion of the 2025 NAB AFLW season.<\/p>\n
Check out every club’s best and fairest winner as it is announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Aisling McCarthy has capped an outstanding season by being crowned as Fremantle’s AFLW club champion, going one step better after finishing runner-up last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 29-year-old polled 221 votes to win the award from midfield sidekick Gabby Newton (215) and Freo great Kiara Bowers (206), with ruck Mim Strom (198) placing fourth to highlight the dominance of the Dockers’ 2025 midfield.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Star defender\u00a0Emma O’Driscoll (185) rounded out the top five, with players allocated between zero and five votes each game from five of Fremantle’s coaches.<\/p>\n
An All-Australian in 2024 and runner-up club champion with former club West Coast in 2021, McCarthy averaged a career-high 24.3 disposals in 2025 and was a consistent force in the Freo engine room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Aish\u00a0continues to show how much of a workhorse she is, and she is so important for our side,” coach Lisa\u00a0Webb said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Aish\u00a0thrives on big moments, is willing\u00a0to play any role for the team and gives her absolute all every week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Her inside work was incredible, but to see her kick eight goals across the season just shows her impressive ability on the outside to be able to finish it off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“For this to be her second season at Freo and perform the way she has, it\u2019s a testament to the hard work she puts in, and the way she trains and recovers throughout the entire year.”<\/p>\n
Webb described Bowers, who returned in 2025 after missing last season due to the birth of her second child, as “incredible”.<\/p>\n
“If anyone can go away for a year to give birth to their child and then return like they never left and finish third in the fairest and best, it’s ‘Turbo’ (Bowers). She’s incredible,” Webb said.<\/p>\n
“She just never drops her standards, and all her teammates will attest to the fact she continues to drive our contest work, pressure and the way we want to play each week.”<\/p>\n
1. Aisling McCarthy \u2013 221 votes\u00a0
2. Gabby Newton \u2013 215\u00a0\u00a0
3. Kiara Bowers \u2013 206\u00a0\u00a0
4. Mim Strom \u2013 198\u00a0\u00a0
5. Emma O’Driscoll \u2013 185\u00a0\u00a0
6. Hayley Miller \u2013 166
7. Indi Strom \u2013 144\u00a0\u00a0
8. Laura Pugh \u2013 143\u00a0\u00a0
9. Ash Brazill \u2013 137\u00a0\u00a0
10. Meg Kauffman \u2013 136\u00a0<\/p>\n
Players’ Award: \u00c1ine Tighe
Best Clubwoman: Phil Seth\u00a0
Best First Year Player Award: Indi Strom
Life Membership: Laura Pugh, Ebony Antonio, Kiara Bowers<\/p>\n
Georgie Prespakis has cemented her status as a star of the competition, winning Geelong’s Best and Fairest award for the second time in three seasons.<\/p>\n
Prespakis polled 185 votes to finish well ahead of Nina Morrison in second place (110 votes) and Mikayla Bowen in third (76 votes). \u00a0<\/p>\n
Morrison, who won the award last year, has now finished on the podium four seasons in a row.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Kate Darby was recognised with the Carter Family Community Champion award for a fifth time, while the retiring Meghan McDonald won the Hoops Award, which recognises the player who best demonstrates the club’s values.<\/p>\n
1. Georgie Prespakis \u2013 185 votes\u00a0
2. Nina Morrison \u2013 110
3. Mikalya Bowen \u2013 76
4. Becky Webster \u2013 54
5. Jackie Parry \u2013 51
6. Claudia Gunjaca \u2013 47
7. Aishling Moloney \u2013 40
8. Amy McDonald \u2013 39
9. Julia Crockett-Grills \u2013 25
10. Georgie Rankin \u2013 24<\/p>\n
Carter Family Community Champion – Kate Darby
Hoops Award – Meghan McDonald<\/p>\n
Charlie Rowbottom has been crowned Gold Coast’s best player for a third time – and second in a row – this time edging out young gun Havana Harris and co-captain Lucy Single for the top prize.<\/p>\n
Rowbottom polled 78 votes to win from first-year star Harris (74) with Single (72) narrowly behind.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old has now polled in the top two across all five Club Champion counts since her debut in 2022.<\/p>\n
Rowbottom was a standout performer in a disappointing season for the Suns, including in her 50th AFLW match where she gathered 36 disposals (27 contested possessions) and eight tackles to receive a maximum 10 votes in the AFLCA Champion Player of the Year Award.<\/p>\n
Charlie Rowbottom after winning Gold Coast’s 2025 Club Champion Award. Picture: Gold Coast FC<\/p>\n
Last year’s No.2 draft pick, Harris showed why she was so highly rated after a superb first season in which she played in all 12 of the club’s matches, averaging 13.2 disposals and 2.7 tackles and earning a Telstra AFLW Rising Star nomination in round three.<\/p>\n
Single’s third place came after a consistent season where she averaged 19.8 disposals and 6.5 tackles per game.<\/p>\n
Rowbottom also received the Players’ Player Award and the Excellence Award, while Harris collected the club’s leading goalkicker trophy after booting 11 goals.<\/p>\n
Annabel Kievit, who finished fifth in the best and fairest count, was named the Most Professional, while Sunny Lappin – who nominated Gold Coast as her preferred club ahead of the upcoming Telstra AFLW Draft, won the Female Academy Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
Under a new system in 2025, the Club Champion Award was voted on by the AFLW coaching panel, with the head coach and relevant line coach allocating each player a score between 0 and 5, reflecting their overall contribution and impact. The maximum votes a player can receive from any one match is 10 votes.<\/p>\n
1. Charlie Rowbottom – 78 votes
2. Havana Harris – 74
3. Lucy Single – 72
4. Niamh McLaughlin – 67
5. Annabel Kievit – 59
6. Meara Girvan – 58
7. Georgia Clayden – 53
=8. Maddy Brancatisano – 49
=8. Lily Mithen – 49
10. Darcie Davies – 41<\/p>\n
Most Professional: Annabel Kievit
Players\u2019 Player: Charlie Rowbottom
Excellence Award: Charlie Rowbottom
Leading Goalkicker: Havana Harris
Female Academy Player of the Year: Sunny Lappin<\/p>\n
Zarlie Goldsworthy capped off a brilliant 2025 season with her second Gabrielle Trainor medal as Greater Western Sydney’s best and fairest player.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old polled 40 votes to narrowly edge out captain and last year’s winner Rebecca Beeson (38), with Tarni Evans and Eilish O’Dowd tied for third on 37 votes.<\/p>\n
Goldsworthy’s versatility across the midfield and forward line helped her seal the win, after also taking out the top prize in a breakout 2023 that also saw her claim the AFLW Rising Star award.<\/p>\n
Evans was rewarded for her career-best season as the club’s leading goalkicker (13) as well as taking home the club’s Goal of the Year award for her left-pocket effort against Fremantle in round 12,<\/p>\n
Brodee Mowbray won the Mark of the Year for a courageous grab in round two against Collingwood, as well as the Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award, voted on by the players after each match.<\/p>\n
Cambridge McCormick, who finished equal fifth in the best and fairest count, and Kaitlyn Srhoj claimed the Community and Members\u2019 Choice Awards, respectively.<\/p>\n
Emily Pease took out the Coaches Award following a career-best year for the defender.<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Zarlie Goldsworthy \u2013 40 votes
2.\u00a0Rebecca Beeson \u2013 38
=3.\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 37
=3.\u00a0Eilish O\u2019Dowd \u2013 37
=5.\u00a0Cambridge McCormick \u2013 35
=5.\u00a0Katherine Smith \u2013 35
7.\u00a0Emily Pease \u2013 34
=9.\u00a0Madison Brazendale \u2013 31
=9.\u00a0Georgia Garnett \u2013 31
=9.\u00a0Kaitlyn Srhoj \u2013 31<\/p>\n
Coaches Award: Emily Pease
Academy Player of the Year:\u00a0Isla Wiencke
Rising Star Award:\u00a0Grace Martin
Members\u2019 Choice Award:\u00a0Kaitlyn Srhoj
Giants Community Award:\u00a0Cambridge McCormick
Mark of the Year:\u00a0Brodee Mowbray \u2013 Round 2 v Collingwood
Goal of the Year:\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 Round 10 v Fremantle\u00a0
Leading Goalkicker:\u00a0Tarni Evans \u2013 13 goals
Jacinda Barclay Fearless Award: Brodee Mowbray<\/p>\n
Zarlie Goldsworthy has capped off a phenomenal season by being crowned the 2025 Gabrielle Trainor medallist as the GIANTS\u2019 club champion for the year \ud83e\udde1 pic.twitter.com\/mAvZIcQ1Wx<\/a><\/p>\n