The Julie Dolan Medal award rite is being held at half-time of the lavish ultimate this 12 months then the habitual post-season rite was once scrapped (possibly because of funds cuts).
One of the most award winners are out on a tiny make-shift degree recently to obtain their gongs, with the award for the season’s highest participant moving to Western Sydney Wanderers striker Sophie Harding.
Harding had a breakout season within the A-League Ladies this 12 months, scoring 12 objectives and helping 4 extra, and is solely the second one Wanderers participant ever to win the league’s maximum prestigious particular person award (then Kristen Hamilton in 2019-20).
The 24-year-old earned her first Matildas cap previous this 12 months then some important performances for the workforce, and my laborer Dani Intilli wrote a superb piece concerning the year Harding were given the decision from Tony Gustavsson right here. It’s tremendous healthy.
Harding’s selection might come as a awe to a few, however whilst you take into consideration the best way that medal votes are tallied, Harding was once the stand-out participant for a unmarried workforce, era some groups (Town, for instance) had more than one stand-outs who most likely took issues off every alternative over the process the season.
It was once a lovely tight competition, despite the fact that. Harding took out the celebrate with 26 issues, era the runner-up was once Western United’s Chloe Logarzo on 21. 3rd was once Sydney FC’s Cortnee Vine on 20 issues, adopted by means of Michelle Heyman (19), Sarina Bolden (19), and Tameka Yallop (18).
Harding isn’t the one participant said at half-time, despite the fact that. Listed below are all of the others who took out this season’s govern gongs:
Melbourne Town midfielder Daniela Galic wins the Younger Participant of the DateNewcastle Jets captain Cassidy Davis wins Function of the Date for her long-range crash towards the Wanderers in spherical 3Central Coast Mariners head educator Emily Husband wins Trainer of the DateCanberra and Matildas striker Michelle Heyman wins the Yellowish Boot award, turning into the primary participant to win it 3 timesPerth Glory shot-stopper Morgan Aquino wins the Goalkeeper of the DateWellington Phoenix goalkeeper Brianna Edwards wins Save of the Date for a ripping horizontal prohibit towards the Jets in Spherical 15Wellington Phoenix striker Mariana Speckmaier wins Fan Participant of the DateAnd the Nix additionally extract Playmaker of the Date with Alyssa Winham’s scrumptious help towards Perth in spherical 19
Congrats to all of the winners!
