Three Fremantle players have been named in the 2018 Virgin Australia AFLW All Australian Squad, which was announced by the AFL on Wednesday.
After standout seasons, Ebony Antonio, Kara Donnellan and Dana Hooker have been included in the squad of 40 players.
A final team of 21 players including a captain and vice-captain will be announced at the W Awards on Tuesday 27 March.
Antonio, Donnellan and Hooker are also nominees in the AFLW Players’ MVP Awards.
In a nod to her defensive pressure, Antonio has also been nominated for the ‘Most Courageous Award’ while Lisa Webb has been nominated in the ‘Best First Year’ category.
AFLW Players’ MVP awards will be announced on Monday 26 March in Melbourne.
Fremantle’s AFLW Player’s MVP Awards Nominees
MVP Award: Ebony Antonio, Kara Donnellan, Dana Hooker
Most Courageous Award: Ebony Antonio
Best First Year Player Award: Lisa Webb
Best Captain Award: all captains are automatically nominated
AWARDS VOTING PROCESS
- MVP voting is a two-stage process, beginning with each player voting for the three teammates she considers to have been the most valuable this season. Each club’s votes are then tallied to form a nomination list comprising 24 players across the eight teams.
- In the second round of voting, all players vote for their MVP on a 3, 2, 1 basis from the nominees of the seven other clubs. The votes are tallied and the player with the highest score wins the honour of MVP. Players cannot vote for their own teammates in stage two of the process.
- A similar process will decide the Most Courageous Award and Best First Year Player Award, but every captain is automatically nominated for the Best Captain Award.
