2002 AFL Rising Star

2002 National AFL Rising Star
Nick Riewoldt, winner of the 2002 AFL Rising Star award
Sponsor	National Australia Bank
Country	Australia
Rising Star	Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)

The National AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The 2002 medal was awarded to St Kilda player Nick Riewoldt.^[2][3]

Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for the award, a player must be under 21 on 1 January 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.^{[1] [3]}

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Medhurst, PaulPaul Medhurst	Fremantle	[4]
2	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	West Coast	[5]
3	Armstrong, StevenSteven Armstrong	Melbourne	[6]
4	Bartel, JimmyJimmy Bartel	Geelong	[7]
5	Riewoldt, NickNick Riewoldt	St Kilda	[8]
6	Cloke, JasonJason Cloke	Collingwood	[9]
7	Clarke, XavierXavier Clarke	St Kilda	[10]
8	Rodan, DavidDavid Rodan	Richmond	[11]
9	Birss, ShaneShane Birss	Western Bulldogs	[12]
10	McGough, MarkMark McGough	Collingwood	[13]
11	Hargrave, RyanRyan Hargrave	Western Bulldogs	[14]
12	Kelly, JamesJames Kelly	Geelong	[15]
13	Burgoyne, ShaunShaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	[16]
14	Coughlan, MarkMark Coughlan	Richmond	[17]
15	Hodge, LukeLuke Hodge	Hawthorn	[18]
16	Didak, AlanAlan Didak	Collingwood	[19]
17	Ries, NickNick Ries	Hawthorn	[20]
18	McMahon, JordanJordan McMahon	Western Bulldogs	[21]
19	Kennelly, TadhgTadhg Kennelly	Sydney	[22]
20	Zantuck, TyTy Zantuck	Richmond	[23]
21	Charman, JamieJamie Charman	Brisbane Lions	[24]
22	Brown, CampbellCampbell Brown	Hawthorn	[25]

Final voting

The seven members of the All-Australian team selection panel voted for the National AFL Rising Star for 2002, with each voter ranking their top 5 players from the 22 players nominated during the year. Nick Riewoldt was award 5 votes by six of the seven voters to win the award.^[26]

	Player	Club	Votes
1	Riewoldt, NickNick Riewoldt	St Kilda	34
2	Judd, ChrisChris Judd	West Coast	29
3	Hodge, LukeLuke Hodge	Hawthorn	12
4	Burgoyne, ShaunShaun Burgoyne	Port Adelaide	10
5	Coughlan, MarkMark Coughlan	Richmond	5
6	Zantuck, TyTy Zantuck	Richmond	4
7	Cloke, JasonJason Cloke	Collingwood	3
8	McMahon, JordanJordan McMahon	Western Bulldogs	1
	Kennelly, TadhgTadhg Kennelly	Sydney	1
	Charman, JamieJamie Charman	Brisbane Lions	1
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2010[27]

References

1. "NAB AFL Rising Star Award". National Australia Bank. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
2. Rood, David (7 February 2003). "Hale keen to repay the faith shown by Roos". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
3. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. Slattery Media. p. 523. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
4. Burgan, Matt (3 April 2002). "Medhurst the first Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
5. Leach, Francis (9 April 2002). "Debutant Judd wins Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
6. Leach, Francis (16 April 2002). "Blonds have more fun". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
7. Leach, Francis (23 April 2002). "Bartel wins Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
8. Leach, Francis (30 April 2002). "AFL Rising Star: the new incarnation of Big Carl". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
9. Leach, Francis (7 May 2002). "Like father like son, Cloke is latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
10. Leach, Francis (14 May 2002). "Rising Star: The X-Man from Moorabbin". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
11. Leach, Francis (21 May 2002). "Rodan wins Rising star nomination". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
12. Leach, Francis (28 May 2002). "No worries for latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
13. Leach, Francis (4 June 2002). "Budding diplomat McGough is latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
14. Leach, Francis (11 June 2002). "Hargrave's a Rising Bulldog Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
15. Leach, Francis (25 June 2002). "Cats on the rise, Kelly latest Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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17. "Coughlan earns Rising Star nomination". AFL.com.au. 9 July 2002. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
18. Leach, Francis (15 July 2002). "Hodge: proud, passionate and a Rising Star nominee". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
19. Leach, Francis (23 July 2002). "Didak: black, white and a Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
20. Leach, Francis (30 July 2002). "Rising Star: Ries is the word". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
21. Leach, Francis (6 August 2002). "Bulldog dasher McMahon the Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
22. Leach, Francis (13 August 2002). "Kennelly a National Rising Star nominee". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
23. Leach, Francis (20 August 2002). "Tiger Ty the latest National Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
24. Leach, Francis (26 August 2002). "Charman earns round 21 National Rising Star". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
25. Leach, Francis (3 September 2002). "Brown rises to star status". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
26. National AFL Rising Star Award: Nick Riewoldt wins 2002 honour
27. Lovett, Michael, ed. (2010). AFL Record Season Guide 2010. Slattery Media. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.