Young Sydney Swans player Cynthia Hamilton has been named the NAB AFLW Round 10 Rising Star.

It is the club's third nomination for the season with Montana Ham (Round 4) and Sofia Hurley (Round 9) also nominated in 2022.

Sydney joins Port Adelaide and West Coast with three players nominated for the award this season which will be presented at the 2022 W Awards in November.

Hamilton was a shining light for the Swans in the Round 10 loss to the Geelong Cats at GMHBA Stadium. She led the team in disposals (19), marks (five), clearances (five) and tackles (four).

The 18-year-old also had 13 contested possessions, three rebound 50s, 447 metres gained and disposed the ball at 78.95 per cent efficiency.

Hamilton has only missed one game this season (due to concussion protocols), averaging 2.7 clearances, 3.2 tackles and 10.9 disposals.

Sydney Swans Head Coach Scott Gowans said the nomination was great reward for Hamilton's first year of AFLW.

"Cynthia has worked so hard to become the player she has in her first year," Gowans said.

"Her ability to win her own football and also bring others into the game is amazing. She displays versatility to go forward and kick a goal and can also go behind the football to intercept."

She was selected with pick 11 in the 2022 NAB AFLW Draft from the Queanbeyan Tigers and played her junior football with the Queanbeyan Tigers in the AFL Canberra league.

The inside midfielder played with the Allies and NSW-ACT in the National Championships, earning back-to-back All-Australian honours in 2021 and 2022.

All AFLW players under the age of 21 on 31 December 2022 and who have not previously been nominated as a Rising Star qualify for consideration for the award. 

Two players will be nominated each week of the NAB AFLW Competition. Each of the 20 NAB AFLW Rising Star nominees throughout the season will be awarded $500 prize money from NAB to acknowledge their great achievement. In addition, NAB will continue to support the development of future footy stars by awarding junior clubs of each nominee with a $1,000 cash NAB Club Recognition Award. 

The overall NAB AFLW Rising Star winner will be awarded $20,000 from NAB and a private banker to assist with securing their financial future. 
 
Celebrating 20 years in partnership with the AFL, NAB is proud to support the development of female footballers throughout the country from NAB AFL Auskick through to the NAB AFLW Competition. 

2022 NAB AFLW Season Seven Rising Star nominees

Round One – Abbey Dowrick (Port Adelaide) and Paige Scott (Essendon)
Round Two – Abbie Ballard (Adelaide Crows) and Daisy D'Arcy (Gold Coast SUNS)
Round Three – Hannah Ewings (Port Adelaide) and Rylie Wilcox (Western Bulldogs)
Round Four – Montana Ham (Sydney Swans) and Keeley Skepper (Carlton)
Round Five – Jasmine Fleming (Hawthorn) and Sarah Lakay (West Coast Eagles)
Round Six – Emily Pease (GWS GIANTS) and Ella Roberts (West Coast Eagles)
Round Seven – Charlotte Thomas (West Coast Eagles) and Lucy Wales (Hawthorn)
Round Eight – Tarni Evans (GWS GIANTS) and Steph Wales (Essendon)
Round Nine – Tahlia Gillard (Melbourne) and Sofia Hurley (Sydney Swans)
Round 10 – Cynthia Hamilton (Sydney Swans) and Indy Tahau (Port Adelaide)