Launceston's Madison Brazendale's maiden AFLW campaign has been acknowledged, named Greater Western Sydney's rising star in their seventh season.
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Selected with pick 75 of June's draft, the 19-year-old played every game of the season as the Giants finished in 11th.
Before the club's awards dinner on Friday night, coach Cam Bernasconi spoke highly of Brazendale and how quickly she took to the AFLW level.
"To move up to the big smoke from Tassie and then be able to adapt so quickly to an AFLW program, Sydney, living out of home and still perform on the weekend was a great effort from Mads," he said.
"She's come a long way with her footy, she's going to be a pretty important player for the Giants going forward."
The former Riverside Primary and High School student amassed 98 disposals across the season, the Giants' seventh-highest, collecting her career-high of 18 against Sydney in round three.
It's no surprise that the nationally-acclaimed athlete's strength on the football field is her running but Bernasconi said it proved to be more than that as she played a variety of roles.
"It's one of those things where when players can obviously be really fit and have speed, that's one thing, but then to impact the game is another," he said.
"She managed to really use her speed and her running ability to just accumulate the ball for us, get to good spots and help us out defensively throughout the year.
"She actually played a really important role on the wing for us and showed her ability to get back and help out our defenders but then also join in offence as well when we won the footy."
While Brazendale's on-field play shone in her first season, Bernasconi also praised her personality.
The first-year senior coach, who was previously the leader of the club's academy, described Brazendale as "a pretty shy kid but lovely".
"You can see that all the girls already love her and all the staff love working with her," Bernasconi said.
"She's a really positive person around the footy club and I think she'll just continue to grow and become more comfortable as the years go on for her because she's going to be an integral part of where we want to go."
Brazendale wasn't the only Tasmanian drafted to the Giants this year, with Ulverstone's Meghan Gaffney selected with pick 66.
The 19-year-old North-West Coaster played six games.
"Meghan is just a great character, once again the players love her and the staff loves working with her," Bernasconi said.
"She's a player that has taken her opportunities, she came into the side in round three and she hasn't really looked back.
"She's similar to Madi with her running capability, she's an elite runner with elite speed, so I think once we can continue to work with her, she'll play a pretty important role in our midfield and our forward line."
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