Mimi Hill (born 4 October 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 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). She was drafted with the twelfth selection in the
2020 AFL Women's draft by the .
Early life
Hill played junior football for the Kew Comets in the
Yarra Junior Football League
The Yarra Junior Football League is the largest junior Australian rules football league in Australia. The league has a total of 32 clubs, who are based around northern, eastern and north-eastern Melbourne. There is a total of 66 divisions througho ...
for around three years.
Hill spent two years playing for the Old Scotch Football Club, where was named best on ground while playing for them in the
Victorian Amateur Football Association
The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4.
In addition there ...
for the premiership. Cited as a natural leader from a young age, Hill was appointed the captain of the
Oakleigh Chargers
The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburban ar ...
in her bottom age year. She played 10 games in her first season at the Chargers, where she averaged 16.8 disposals, and 2 in her second, where she averaged 24.5 disposals, only playing 2 due to the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
She represented Vic Metro in the Under 16s championships and
2019 AFL Women's Under 18 Championships. She played two games for Vic Metro in 2019, where she averaged 25 disposals a game.
Hill attended
Methodist Ladies College in
Kew, Victoria
Kew (;) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 5 km east from Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of Victor ...
, where she was appointed school captain in both Year 11 and Year 12.
AFLW career
Hill debuted in the opening round of the
2021 AFL Women's season
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, in 's 6 point loss to . On debut, she collected 12 disposals, 2 marks and a tackle. Hill injured her knee in Round 6. She signed a 2 year contract with on 10 June 2021, after it was revealed the team had conducted a mass re-signing of 13 players.
Statistics
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References
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2002 births
Living people
Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players
Oakleigh Chargers players (NAB League Girls)
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
People educated at Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne