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

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. The 2009 Ron Evans medal was won by Brisbane player Daniel Rich

Daniel Rich

Daniel Rich is a current Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions. He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' first selection in the 2008 National Draft.-Pre-AFL career:...

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Eligibility and Nominations

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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	Daniel Rich Daniel Rich Daniel Rich is a current Australian rules football player for the Brisbane Lions. He was selected with the Brisbane Lions' first selection in the 2008 National Draft.-Pre-AFL career:...	Brisbane Lions
2	David Zaharakis David Zaharakis David Zaharakis is an Australian rules footballer for Essendon in the Australian Football League who is of Greek heritage.-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...
3	Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield is an Australian rules football player for the Adelaide Football Club. Dangerfield was Adelaide’s first selection in the 2007 National Draft after the club drafted him at pick 10 overall...	Adelaide Crows
4	Jaxson Barham Jaxson Barham Jaxson Barham is an Australian rules footballer. He played seven senior games for the Collingwood Football Club from 2009–2010, before being delisted at the end of the 2010 season.- Background :...	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	Garry Moss Garry Moss Garry Moss is an Australian rules footballer formerly with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Attended Newman College in Churchlands, Perth, Class of 2005...	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...
6	Stephen Hill Stephen Hill (Australian footballer) Stephen Hill is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Junior career:...	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...
7	Jack Ziebell Jack Ziebell Jack Ziebell is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was selected 9th overall in the 2008 AFL Draft by North Melbourne.-Early career:...	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...
8	Jarryn Geary Jarryn Geary Jarryn Geary is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:Geary generally plays as a half-back or midfielder and has shown he is a hard-nosed player....	St Kilda Saints
9	Andy Otten Andy Otten Andy Otten is an Australian rules football player for the Adelaide Football Club. The tall midfielder was Adelaide’s second selection in the 2007 National Draft, taken at pick 27, and recorded strong results at the 2007 NAB AFL Draft Camp ranking in the top 2% for the vertical leap , top ten for...	Adelaide Crows
10	Taylor Walker Taylor Walker (footballer) Taylor Walker is an Australian rules footballer for Adelaide in the Australian Football League.- Early career :Walker accepted a NSW Scholarship contract in 2006 with Adelaide, when 16 years of age...	Adelaide Crows
11	Brad Dick Brad Dick Brad Dick is an Australian rules footballer for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.A small, speedy wingman from Western Australia, Dick was selected by the Magpies with the 44th choice in the 2006 AFL Draft...	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...
12	Aaron Joseph Aaron Joseph Aaron Joseph is an Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League .Joseph is a midfielder who played junior football in Tasmania with the Glenorchy Football Club and the Tassie Mariners...	Carlton Blues Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
13	Tayte Pears Tayte Pears Tayte Pears is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Essendon in the Australian Football League . He played his first game in round 4, 2008. He played as a forward in his early days and eventually played centre-half back at the age of 16...	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...
14	Jack Grimes Jack Grimes (Australian rules footballer) Jack Grimes is a professional Australian rules footballer, playing for the Melbourne Football Club. He was named as an All-Australian at the 2007 NAB AFL U18 Championships. He was drafted by Melbourne in the 2007 National Draft at pick 14, but was placed on the long term injury list due to...	Melbourne Demons Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
15	Liam Jurrah Liam Jurrah Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club....	Melbourne Demons Melbourne Football Club The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
16	Chris Masten Chris Masten Chris Masten is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles. He was chosen as the first round pick in the 2007 AFL Draft by the Eagles, the team he had supported as a child....	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...
17	Dayne Beams Dayne Beams Dayne Beams is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for Collingwood in the Australian Football League....	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...
18	Callan Ward Callan Ward Callan Ward is an Australian rules footballer currently contracted to the Greater Western Sydney Football Club in the Australian Football League, and previously played for the Western Bulldogs...	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...
19	Mitch Brown	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...
20	Michael Hurley Michael Hurley (Australian rules footballer) Michael Hurley is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . A key position utility, 1.93m tall and weighing , Hurley predominately played in the forward and backline in his AFL career to date.-Junior career:A good junior cricketer and...	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...
21	Nic Suban Nic Suban Nicholas 'Nick' Suban is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League, who plays for the Fremantle Football Club....	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	Jesse White Jesse White (Australian footballer) Jesse Jackson White is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was drafted to the Sydney Swans on 25 November 2006 with selection 79....	Sydney Swans