Perth Glory rising star Grace Johnston has earned the “wildcard” nomination for the 2024-25 Boost Mobile Young Footballer of the Year award in the Ninja A-League.
The 20-year-old central midfielder is the seventh and final player to be nominated for the award in 2024-25, joining the six monthly nominees selected throughout the Ninja A-League season by a panel of technical football experts and media representatives, who vote on a 3-2-1 basis at the conclusion of each nominated monthly period throughout the season.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the six monthly nominees are joined in the running for Boost Mobile Young Footballer of the Year by a wildcard selection; the player who receives the most cumulative votes over the course of the season but does not receive a monthly nomination, earns the wildcard nomination for the award.
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Johnston, 20, joins six fellow Ninja A-League rising stars as the final player nominated for the Boost Mobile Young Footballer of the Year award in 2024-25:
- November: Mary Stanic-Floody, Canberra United
- December: Alexia Apostolakis, Melbourne City
- January: Indiana Dos Santos, Sydney FC
- January/February: Sienna Saveska, Western Sydney Wanderers
- March: Maddie Caspers, Sydney FC
- April: Annalise Rasmussen, Central Coast Mariners
- Wildcard: Grace Johnston, Perth Glory
Johnston made 22 appearances for Perth this season (all starts), the second-most of any player at the club behind Naomi Chinnama.
Two of Johnston’s 22 appearances came after her 20th birthday in early April; Johnston played 1,669 match minutes as a teen in 2024-25 – the fourth-most of any player in the league prior to their 20th birthday.
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