Swan Medal Award Winners 2024

They were the trio occupying the midfield together for much of the 2024 season and ended up in the top three Swan Medal positions with Nik Rokahr named fairest and best just ahead of Jye Chalcraft and Nathan Blakely.

Rokahr has now added the Swan Medal as Swan Districts' fairest and best winner to the Sandover Medal that he also won as the WAFL's standout player of the 2024 season that he shared with Claremont's Callan England.

The standout first season in the WAFL that Rokahr had was capped off with the Swan Medal triumph with him finishing atop the vote count just ahead of fellow star midfield recruit Chalcraft and ruckman Blakely.

Rokahr won the Swan Medal with 129 votes on the back of a remarkably consistent and brilliant season in the midfield for Swan Districts where he averaged 29.7 possessions a game having come to play in the WAFL on the back of four similarly strong years in the SANFL at Norwood.

Fellow gun recruit, Chalcraft, finished runner-up in fairest and best voting with 113 votes to be hot on the hammer of Rokahr in what turned out to be a thrilling vote count.

He claimed the Norm Thomas Memorial Award on the back of a season that saw him average 27.3 possessions a game having made the move from Geelong in the VFL for 2024.

Blakely celebrated his 100th WAFL game during the 2024 season and the hugely respected and popular ruckman continued to fight above his height and weight division to take on the best big men across the competition.

His performances were recognised with a third place finish in Swan Medal voting.

Also recognised on the evening was Bryce Watson who took out the RA Newbey Memorial Award as Rising Star while Leigh Kohlmann was the Ted Holdsworth Memorial Award winner as leading goalkicker having kicked 53 goals upon his return for the 2024 season.

The history making season of triple Swan Medal winner Tony Notte was also celebrated on the night after he became just the second player in Swan Districts history to play 300 games during the 2024 campaign, and then overtook the legendary Bill Walker to be the games record holder.

The reserves didn’t quite make finals again in 2024 after winning the premiership in 2023, but there were still plenty of standout performances in the side with spots tough to come by in the league team that was so strong.

In the end it was Ayden Cartwright who claimed the FA Bonney Sweetapple Memorial Award as the fairest and best winner on the back of finishing with 93 votes for a season that saw him average 28.5 possessions in his 11 games and kick eight goals.

He finished ahead of runner-up Luke Taylor who ended up on 84 votes after a season of 11.5 possessions in his 15 matches, but it was his emergence as a key defender that made him such an important member of the team.

Brodyn Fitzgerald ended up in third position with 74 votes on the back of averaging 18.9 possessions across his 14 matches during the 2024 season.

It turned out to be a tremendous colts season from Swan Districts in 2024 with the team finishing the home and away season in fourth position and then making it all the way to the Grand Final on the back of three stirring finals victories against Perth, West Perth and Subiaco.

That season was celebrated during the Swan Medal night with Otis Harvey winning the EJ McManus Memorial Award as the fairest and best for the 2024 colts season.

He finished with 160 votes after finishing the season averaging 20.6 possessions a game while kicking 17 goals and taking part in 20 matches.

Luke Cotellessa finished as runner-up in fairest and best voting with 94 votes to his name for his season where he compiled 22.1 possessions across the 12 matches that he took part in.

Third place went to Lucas Andrews who finished up averaging 16.9 possessions in his 20 matches while laying 76 tackles across the season.

The inaugural Ken Ball Memorial Players Award was also presented during the Swan Medal evening and was awarded to long-time trainer Gary Seaton.

LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS

Swan Medal winner (Fairest and Best): Nik Rokahr

Norm Thomas Memorial Award (Runner-Up): Jye Chalcraft

Mrs N Innes Memorial Award (Third-Place): Nathan Blakely

RA Newbey Award (Rising Star): Bryce Watson

Ted Holdsworth Memorial Award (Leading Goalkicker): Leigh Kohlmann (53 goals)

RESERVES AWARD WINNERS

FA Bonney Sweetapple Memorial Award (Fairest and Best): Ayden Cartwright

DC Goddard Memorial Award (Runner-Up): Luke Taylor

Lew Armstrong Award (Third-Place): Brodyn Fitzgerald

COLTS AWARD WINNERS

EJ McManus Award (Fairest and Best): Otis Harvey

Judy Sarich Memorial Award (Runner-Up): Luke Cotellessa

Cooper Brothers Award (Third-Place): Lucas Andrews

CLUB AWARD WINNERS

Ken Ball Memorial Players Award: Gary Seaton