Essendon key position player Michael Hurley has finished with two votes at this year's NAB AFL Rising Star awards at Crown Palladium.
 
Jake Melksham also secured a Rising Star nomination this season but did not poll in the final votes.
 
The Ron Evans Medal was awarded to Dan Hannebery from the Sydney Swans who finished a clear winner with 45 votes.
 
 
The NAB AFL Rising Star was voted by the All-Australian selection panel of Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Mark Ricciuto, Kevin Bartlett, James Hird, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich, Robert Walls and Kevin Sheehan (Rising Star selector only).
 

2010 Voting

Daniel Hannebery       45

Tom Scully                  35

Tom Rockliff              24

Jack Trengove             11

Ryan Bastinac             6

Jeff Garlett                  5

Nathan Fyfe                3

Michael Hurley           2

Nic Naitanui                2

Ben Reid                     1

Ben Stratton                1

 

The selectors’ votes were as follows:

 

 

Andrew Demetriou

5 – Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Tom Rockliff       

2 – Jack Trengove

1 – Nathan Fyfe

 

Adrian Anderson

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Tom Rockliff

2 – Jack Trengove

1 – Ben Stratton

 

James Hird

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Jack Trengove

2 – Tom Rockliff

1 – Nathan Fyfe

 

Kevin Bartlett

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Tom Rockliff

2 – Michael Hurley

1 – Ryan Bastinac

 

Mark Riccuito

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Ryan Bastinac

2 – Jack Trengove

1 – Tom Rockliff

 

Gerard Healy

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Rockliff       

3 – Tom Scully

2 – Jack Trengove

1 – Nathan Fyfe

 

Glen Jakovich

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Jeff Garlett

2 – Tom Rockliff

1 – Nic Naitanui

 

Kevin Sheehan

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Tom Rockliff

2 – Ryan Bastinac

1 – Nic Naitanui

 

Robert Walls

5 - Daniel Hannebery

4 – Tom Scully

3 – Tom Rockliff

2 – Jeff Garlett

1 – Ben Reid