The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League

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. The award is also known as the Norwich Rising Star due to sponsorship reasons. The 2001 medal was won by St Kilda player Justin Koschitzke

Justin Koschitzke

Justin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...

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Eligibility and Nominations

Every round, an Australian Football League

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 rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on January 1 of that year, have played 10 or fewer senior games and not been suspended during the season. At the end of the year, one of the 22 nominees is the winner of award.

Nominations

Round	Player	Club
1	Damian Cupido Damian Cupido Damian Cupido is a former Australian League footballer whose 53 game Australian Football League career spanned two clubs in the Australian Football League.-AFL career:...	Brisbane Lions
2	Daniel Harris Daniel Harris Daniel Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League , after having played for the North Melbourne Football Club between 2001 and 2009. He played as a midfielder and has been noted as one of the best centre clearance...	North Melbourne North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
3	Daniel Kerr Daniel Kerr Daniel Matthew Kerr is an Australian rules footballer.Kerr was recruited from East Fremantle Football Club and made his AFL debut in 2001 with the West Coast Eagles. He is a hard-running midfielder who is a vital part of the midfield at the Eagles.-Background:Kerr is of Anglo-Indian descent...	West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
4	Ryan Lonie Ryan Lonie Ryan Lonie is a former Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. Lonie is a hard-running back flanker who over the duration of his seven years at the club threatened to become a game-breaking wingman, however he did not make the transition.-Early career :Lonie starred as a junior...	Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
5	Caydn Beetham Caydn Beetham Caydn Beetham is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Australian Football League .Beetham was a midfielder, taken at pick nine in the 1999 AFL Draft from the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup....	St Kilda Saints
6	Aaron Henneman Aaron Henneman -Recruitment:His career with the Essendon Football Club began when he was drafted from Corowa-Rutherglen in the 1998 AFL Draft at pick 25...	Essendon Bombers Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
7	James Begley James Begley James Begley had a promising career ahead of him after being named an AFL Rising Star nominee in 2001. In 2002 he returned to his hometown of Adelaide to play with the Crows....	St Kilda Saints
8	Danny Jacobs Danny Jacobs Daniel "Danny" Jacobs is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon and Hawthorn Football Clubs in the Australian Football League.-Essendon career:...	Essendon Bombers Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
9	Luke Penny Luke Penny Luke Penny is a former Australian rules footballer.Recruited to the Western Bulldogs in the 1998 AFL Draft as pick 14, Penny was seen as a project player who could lead the defence in years to come. He stood at 193 cm, and made his debut in 2000...	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
10	Brett Johnson Brett Johnson Brett Johnson is an Australian rules footballer, and is currently the captain of the Williamstown Football Club in the Victorian Football League....	Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
11	Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh is an Australian rules footballer. He made his debut for Essendon Football Club in 1999 after representing NSW/ACT at Under 18 level...	Essendon Bombers Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
12	Cameron Ling Cameron Ling Cameron Ling is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Geelong Cats Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
13	Adam McPhee Adam McPhee Adam McPhee is an Australian rules football football player who plays for the Fremantle Football Club and formerly for the Essendon Football Club. He is a versatile player who has played both as a forward and defender, and recently has also moved into a tagging role, with high profile clashes with...	Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
14	Justin Koschitzke Justin Koschitzke Justin Gregory Koschitzke is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career overview:Recruited in the 2000 AFL Draft at pick number two, there were high expectations on Koschitzke from a young age...	St Kilda Saints
15	Daniel Giansiracusa Daniel Giansiracusa Daniel Giansiracusa is an Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs who plays in various positions such as the midfield, half back flanks and half forward flanks....	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
16	Robert Murphy Robert Murphy (Australian rules footballer) Robert "Bob" Murphy is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Renowned for his silky skills and leadership qualities, Murphy has also proven himself a versatile player, equally capable of playing in attack or in defence depending on the...	Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
17	Brent Guerra Brent Guerra Brent Guerra is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League , having previously played for Port Adelaide and St Kilda.-Port Adelaide career:...	Port Adelaide Power
18	Aaron Fiora Aaron Fiora Aaron Fiora is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is originally from Naracoorte, South Australia.-Richmond career:...	Richmond Tigers Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
19	Robert Copeland Robert Copeland Robert Copeland is a former Australian Football League footballer for the Brisbane Lions and current captain of Aspley Hornet in QAFL...	Brisbane Lions
20	Corey Enright Corey Enright Corey Enright is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	Geelong Cats Geelong Football Club The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
21	Dion Woods Dion Woods Dion Woods is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle in the Australian Football League between 2001 and 2005....	Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
22	Steven Greene Steven Greene Steven Greene is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Australian Football League ....	Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...