Hawks skipper Emily Bates has capped off her super 2024 AFLW season, finishing in equal-fourth place in the league's best and fairest vote count, with 17 votes.
There were eight other Hawks to poll votes in the league best and fairest count with vice-captain Eliza West the next highest with 12 votes and in equal-ninth place.
Aileen Gilroy finished next best with seven votes, Jasmine Fleming six, Greta Bodey four, Mattea Breed and Tilly Lucas-Rodd three and Aine McDonagh and Lucy Wales with two votes each.
On six occasions the Hawks polled all possibles votes, against Collingwood, St Kilda, Geelong, West Coast, Melbourne and Richmond.
While four Hawks were awarded votes for the first time in their careers, in Week 2 against Collingwood it was Fleming with three votes and Mattea Breed with two.
While our Irish duo Gilroy and McDonagh polled their first votes in Week 5 against Geelong with three and two votes respectively.
And votes aside, two Hawks made history as the first to be selected in the All Australian team, with Aileen Gilroy named at half forward and Tilly Lucas-Rodd off half back.
See below a summary of Hawthorn’s votes at the 2024 W Awards:
Week 1 v Carlton
Emily Bates – 3 votes
Aileen Gilroy – 2 votes
Week 2 v Collingwood
Jasmine Fleming – 3 votes
Mattea Breed – 2 votes
Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 1 vote
Week 3 v Adelaide –
Emily Bates – 1 vote
Week 4 v St Kilda –
Greta Bodey – 3 votes
Eliza West – 2 votes
Emily Bates – 1 vote
Week 5 v Geelong –
Aileen Gilroy – 3 votes
Aine McDonagh – 2 votes
Mattea Breed – 1 vote
Week 6 v Gold Coast –
Eliza West – 3 votes
Emily Bates – 2 votes
Week 6 v Fremantle –
Emily Bates – 3 votes
Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 1 vote
Week 7 v West Coast
Eliza West – 3 votes
Emily Bates – 2 votes
Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 1 vote
Week 8 v GWS
Emily Bates – 3 votes
Aileen Gilroy – 2 votes
Week 9 v Melbourne
Jasmine Fleming 3 votes
Lucy Wales – 2 votes
Eliza West – 1 vote
Week 10 v Richmond
Eliza West – 3 votes
Emily Bates – 2 votes
Greta Bodey 1 vote
TOTAL:
Emily Bates – 17 votes
Eliza West – 12 votes
Aileen Gilroy – 7 votes
Jasmine Fleming – 6 votes
Greta Bodey – 4 votes
Mattea Breed – 3 votes
Tilly Lucas-Rodd – 3 votes
Aine McDonagh – 2 votes
Lucy Wales – 2 votes