Newcastle Jets midfielder Lachlan Bayliss has been rewarded for his excellent form, earning the January nomination for Young Footballer of the Year in the Isuzu UTE A-League.
The 23-year-old has scored three goals and registered two assists so far this season, helping the Jets win their last six matches in the Isuzu UTE A-League.
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The Isuzu UTE A-League Young Footballer of the Year award is an annual prize awarded to the competition’s best young player from either Australia or New Zealand aged 23 and under; this season, players born no earlier than January 1 2002 are eligible for the award.
Bayliss was named Young Footballer of the Year January nominee via a panel appointed by the Australian Professional Leagues (APL).
The panel features an assortment of media representatives and technical football experts, who vote on a 3-2-1 basis at the conclusion of each nominated monthly period throughout the season.
For the January nomination, panelists assessed individual performances between January 3 and February 1 which covered rounds 11-15 of the Isuzu UTE A-League.
During that period Bayliss featured in all four of the Jets’ matches wins, helping them secure four wins, including scoring a brace in the 4-1 win over Brisbane Roar.
Bayliss is the third player nominated for the award so far this season after former Brisbane Roar defender Lucas Herrington scooped the nomination for the October/November period, while Jets teammate Eli Adams scooped the December nomination.
Bayliss and his top of the table Jets are next in action on Friday night when they travel to HBF Park to take on Perth Glory.
