The Storm midfielder polled 13 votes in just six games to claim the award by four votes ahead of North Bendigo’s Chloe Pantazis and Shaniah Clarke.

Kyneton’s Teagan Ainslie was third on eight votes.

Moresi will have the opportunity to add a second medal this Sunday when the Storm clash with Bendigo Thunder in the inaugural CVFLW grand final at Weeroona Oval.

This season was the 24-year-old dual sporting star’s first in Australian rules football.

She previously played a handful of games for her former secondary school in Boort and at the University Games.

Moresi, who has been one of the keys in White Hills’ dominant Heathcote District netball season, only made her debut in round two of the CVFLW season and played four games before she was sidelined with a thumb injury.

She returned two weeks later to play one more game, but did not play again until the Storm’s last home and away match against Kangaroo Flat.

The midfielder, who was named on a wing in the league’s team of the year, polled four best and grounds and a single one vote in her six games.

Moresi said she had thoroughly enjoyed her first competitive season of football and vowed to be back at the Storm in 2019 if her netball and work commitments at Bendigo South East College permitted.

“It’s a bit busy with football and netball, but if I do play I am definitely going back to Strath,” she said.

The midfielder polled four best and grounds and a single one vote in her six games.

Moresi said she had thoroughly enjoyed her first competitive season of football and vowed to be back at the Storm in 2019 if her netball and work commitments at Bendigo South East College permitted.

“It’s a bit busy with football and netball, but if I do play I am definitely going back to Strath,” she said.

A busy weekend ahead for Moresi will include a qualifying final for White Hills against strong rival Colbinabbin this Saturday and a football grand final against the Thunder on Sunday.

“We (Strath) are definitely going in as underdogs – I didn’t play any of the games against the Thunder during the year, but I watched the last one we played against them,” she said.

“We kept them almost scoreless in the last quarter, but we ended up going down by seven or eight goals.

“In saying we are the underdogs, I don’t think we have really played too many games with a full team, so anything can happen.”

Moresi, who represented both the CVFLW and HDFNL in inter-league games this season, predicted a close contest in Saturday’s netball final.

“I think if both Lou (Dupuy) and Liz (Cobbledick) are on their game for Colbinabbin we’ll have a real game on our hands,” she said.

Bendigo Thunder’s Ebony Whiley won the league goal-kicking award.

The CVFLW team of the year included seven Thunder players, five from North Bendigo, four from Kangaroo Flat and three each from the Storm and Kyneton.

13: Rhian Moresi (Storm).

9: Shaniah Clarke (North Bendigo); Chloe Pantazis (North Bendigo).

8: Teagan Ainslie (Kyneton).

7: Heidi Erasmus (Kangaroo Flat); Lita Edwards (Storm); Alana Long (North Bendigo); Alannah Rowland (Thunder).

6: Molly Metcalf (Thunder).

5. Beppina Marshall (Thunder); Eloise Gretgrix (Kanagaroo Flat); Shelby Knoll (Kangaroo Flat; Rachel Thomas (Kangaroo Flat).

Forwards: Tiffany Bradley (Bendigo Thunder), Jaime Sawers (Bendigo Thunder), Alana Long (North Bendigo)

Half forwards: Beppina Marshall (Bendigo Thunder), Molly Metcalf (Bendigo Thunder), Ebony Whiley (Bendigo Thunder)

Centres: Shaniah Clarke (North Bendigo), Sarah Moerke (Bendigo Thunder), Rhian Moresi (Strathfieldsaye)

Half backs: Ruby Campbell (Bendigo Thunder), Corrinne Harris (Kangaroo Flat), Chloe Pantazis (North Bendigo)

Backs: Donna Slevin (Strathfieldsaye), Teagan Ainslie (Kyneton), Christa Lingen (Kangaroo Flat)

Ruck: Jennifer Schellekens (Kyneton)

Ruck Rover: Hannah Kenny (North Bendigo)

Rover: Heidi Erasmus (Kangaroo Flat)

Interchange: Liza Edwards (Strathfieldsaye), Alisha Lourie (North Bendigo), Eilish Cumming (Kangaroo Flat), Natalie Korinfsky (Kyneton)