Summer Caponecchia has been crowned Star Player after a breakout season in Division 1 of the Albury-Wodonga Football Association.
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The 16-year-old Myrtleford maestro received 37 votes to take out the top honour at the league's senior presentation night at the Commercial Club.
Caponecchia almost doubled the tally of her nearest rivals, with Paula Mitchell of Albury United and Albury Hotspurs' Elisha Wild joint runners-up on 20 votes each.
Allanah Seary (19), Maya Davis (18), Beth Cope (17), Sian van Gastel (15) and Claire Mahoney (13) completed the top eight.
"It feels great and I'm so excited right now," Caponecchia said.
"I don't know when the feeling will wear off!
"I thought I might be placed around fifth because I expected some of those girls from Hotspurs, St Pats and United to come out on top.
"It means a lot to get that amount of votes, it's a real honour."
Myrtleford won plenty of admirers after stepping up into the senior women's competition this season and Caponecchia made the stage her own with a plethora of dominant performances.
Despite the Savoy finishing bottom of the ladder with four wins to their name, Caponecchia's quality shone through as she stamped her authority on games.
The teenager scored 23 league goals including four hat-tricks and loved the challenge of taking on the region's best players.
"It's been such a great year," Caponecchia said.
"I've made a heap of new friends along the way.
"Coming up against these girls, a lot of them have respected me and I've respected them back.
"I've played really well this year, making it to state, and if I hadn't versed some of these girls I would have done a lot worse in my trials.
"Coming up against these girls has given me such a good bump on the field."
Mitchell received the leading goalscorer award after netting 49 times for champions United, while her team-mate Ashley Watt shared the Star Goalkeeper award with Melrose stopper Ashlea Thurnam after they picked up 31 votes apiece.
Cobram Roar's Marlie Noonan was named Star Player in Division 2, with Andrea Baldwin of Melrose the Star Goalkeeper.
Topping the Division 2 scoring charts was Laydah Samani with 33 goals.
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