2011 AFL Rising Star

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a young stand-out player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The 2011 award was won by Dyson Heppell of the Essendon Football Club, who received the Ron Evans Medal.

2011 NAB AFL Rising Star
Dyson Heppell, winner of the 2011 Rising Star, playing in June 2017
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	1 September
Country	Australia
Ron Evans medallist	Dyson Heppell (Essendon)
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Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a young stand-out player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 24 nominees is the winner of award.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	[2]
2	Luke Shuey	West Coast	[3]
3	Mitch Duncan	Geelong	[4]
4	Jasper Pittard	Port Adelaide	[5]
5	Brandon Matera	Gold Coast	[6]
6	Jack Darling	West Coast	[7]
7	Zac Smith	Gold Coast	[8]
8	Shane Savage	Hawthorn	[9]
9	Reece Conca	Richmond	[10]
10	Jack Steven	St Kilda	[11]
11	Jordan Gysberts	Melbourne	[12]
12	Sam Reid	Sydney	[13]
13	Daniel Menzel	Geelong	[14]
14	David Swallow	Gold Coast	[15]
15	Luke Breust	Hawthorn	[16]
16	Jake Batchelor	Richmond	[17]
17	Trent McKenzie	Gold Coast	[18]
18	Allen Christensen	Geelong	[19]
19	Andrew Gaff	West Coast	[20]
20	Zac Clarke	Fremantle	[21]
21	Luke Dahlhaus	Western Bulldogs	[22]
22	Alex Fasolo	Collingwood	[23]
23	Sam Blease	Melbourne	[24]
24	Liam Jones	Western Bulldogs	[25]

Final voting

	Player	Club	Votes
1	Dyson Heppell	Essendon	44
2	Luke Shuey	West Coast	37
3	Zac Smith	Gold Coast	21
4	David Swallow	Gold Coast	18
5	Jack Darling	West Coast	6
6	Sam Reid	Sydney	5
7	Andrew Gaff	West Coast	1
	Trent McKenzie	Gold Coast	1
	Daniel Menzel	Geelong	1
	Jack Steven	St Kilda	1
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2015[26]