Mikayla Morrison (born 1 March 2002) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for the

Fremantle Football Club The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers, is a professional Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The team was founded in 1994 to represent the port city of ...

in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...

(AFLW). Morrison was drafted by Fremantle with their second selection, and 30th overall in the 2020 AFL Women's draft. As a junior she represented WA at the National Under 18s Championships in 2019, and was selected to be in the AFL Women's National Academy. After not playing a game in her first season, she made her debut in the 4th round of 2022 AFL Women's season 6. In her third game, and first at home at

Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as Fremantle Community Bank Oval, is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia, located on Parry Street. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members ...

, Morrison was one of Fremantle's best players, kicking 3 goals and receiving the weekly nomination for the

AFL Women's Rising Star The AFL Women's Rising Star award is presented annually to the best young player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season. The first award was awarded in 2017. The award has been sponsored by National Australia Bank (NAB) since ...

award.

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playing statistics 2002 births Living people Fremantle Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football {{AFL-bio-2000s-stub