The NAB

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Bu ...

award is given annually to a young stand-out player in the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent professional sports, professional competition of Australian rules football. It was originally named the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was founded in 1896 as a breakaway competition ...

. The 2011 award was won by

Dyson Heppell Dyson Heppell (born 14 May 1992) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for and captained the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Heppell won the AFL Rising Star award in his first season in ...

of the

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers or colloquially the Dons, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCrac ...

, who received the Ron Evans Medal.

Eligibility

Every round, an

rising star nomination is given to a young stand-out player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 24 nominees is the winner of award.

Nominations

Final voting

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:AFL Rising Star, 2011 Rising Star, 2011 Australian rules football-related lists