Carlton’s Darcy Vescio and Brianna Davey have featured within the top polling players of the AFL Players' Association awards announced on Monday.
Selected by Carlton as marquee players in 2016, Davey and Vescio were stand-out performers of the Blues’ squad in the inaugural AFLW competition and have managed to make an impression on their league counterparts.
As the season’s leading goalkicker, Vescio tallied 132 votes to finish third in the peer-voted Most Valuable Player award taken out by Adelaide co-captain Erin Phillips on 204 votes.
Davey – the Herald Sun’s 2017 AFLW Player of the Year – received 57 votes in the Most Courageous category to finish second behind Phillips’ fellow Adelaide co-captain Chelsea Randall on 80 votes.
Melbourne utility Daisy Pearce was awarded the league’s Best Captain after she totalled 63 votes.
Every AFLW player will be invited to the AFL Players’ MVP Awards in September later this year to celebrate the 2017 male and female award winners.
WINNERS AND TOP POLLING PLAYERS
AFLW Players’ MVP:
Erin Phillips (Adelaide – 204 votes)
Karen Paxman (Melbourne – 149)
Darcy Vescio (Carlton – 132)
Most Courageous:
Chelsea Randall (Adelaide – 80)
Brianna Davey (Carlton – 57)
Jessica Dal Pos (GWS Giants – 22)
Best Captain:
Daisy Pearce (Melbourne – 63)
Erin Phillips (Adelaide – 30)
Emma Zielke (Brisbane – 27)
