Izzy Huntington named Rising Star

Congratulations to Izzy Huntington for winning the 2020 AFLW Rising Star award and the Western Bulldogs Best & Fairest award.

Izzy Huntington’s comeback season from a horror injury run highlighted her commitment to the game, class and drive to be her best.

The Bulldog’s star only managed 5 games from her first two seasons, rupturing her ACL in 2018 before re-injuring the same knee in 2019.

Fit and firing for 2020, Izzy’s move from the forward line to defence proved a masterstroke, with the 21-year-old enjoying a dominant year ending the season equal first in contested marks and second for intercept possessions.

She was duly rewarded for a great year, named the 2020 AFLW Rising Star, won the Western Bulldogs Best & Fairest award and was named as an All Australian.

"The individual accolades, they come and they're very heartwarming, but any player will tell you they'd much rather a premiership or team success than anything individual," Izzy said,

"Hopefully, we can get many more wins on the board next year, because we were a bit disappointed with the season this year … and we want to rectify that in the coming season."

Congratulations Izzy from all of us at More Than Management, we can’t wait to see you take your game to another level next season!