Four of the top five placegetters in the Storm's senior best and fairest were aged 23-and-under and three out of the top five are yet to taste premiership success at senior level.

The talent is still there and, just as importantly, that top-end talent is hungry for success.

Premiership midfielder Jake Moorhead won his first Peter Crapper Memorial Medal as the senior best and fairest, polling 56 votes - 12 ahead of runner-up Cal McCarty.

Another midfielder, Daniel Clohesy, was third on 36 votes, with co-coach Shannon Geary fourth on 33 and exciting key forward Cooper Jones fifth on 31 votes.

"Jake is a great player and he's rolled himself into a leadership role and played accordingly,'' Storm co-coach Darryl Wilson said.

"Cal and Daniel played in a reserves premiership two years ago and have etched themselves into the history books of the club by finishing in the top three of the best and fairest. It's a fantastic effort by all three of them.

"Jake runs our Melbourne-based program. He's not an old bloke, but he just oozes leadership. He doesn't ask for it, he doesn't look for it, it's just him.

"Cal and Daniel both had cricket commitments during pre-season, so to have the result they did was a great effort.

"Cooper was tremendous, particularly early in the year. He was a great acquisition for us.

"The great sign for the club is that all four of those guys still have their best footy in front of them."

Wilson paid tribute to Shannon Geary who, despite being on the wrong side of 30, is playing as well as he was six or seven years ago.

"Having that role as a playing coach is not easy,'' Wilson said.

"Shannon's form was outstanding. He played back, through the midfield and in the forward line at times as well.

"His leadership was superb. His games against Eaglehawk a couple of times and against Gisborne at home really stood out.

"He deserved that top five result in the best and fairest."

The surprise in the vote count was that star forward Lachlan Sharp finished outside of the top five.

Sharp led the league's goal kicking with 68 goals in 12 games, including two hauls of 12.

"It was tough on a bloke like Sharpy,'' Wilson said.

"Maybe our expectations of him are too high. He had a very good year, but maybe didn't get the votes he should have.

"That's reflective of the AFL as well where it (Brownlow Medal) has become a midfielder's medal."

The Storm have lost VFL-listed utility Bailey Henderson to his home club Castlemaine, but Wilson said it looked like the remainder of the senior list would stay for 2022.

"Our group is committing to the club for next year and we have some players from outside the club that are keen to come and play with us,'' Wilson said.

"We've got a number of talented kids coming through as well that we want to look at."

Reserves best and fairest - Lachlan Monti 48, Zach Charles 45, Mason Wakefield 42, Jed Rodda 36, Marty Parsons 24.

Under-18 best and fairest - Harry Welch 81, Mitch Hallinan 38, Rowan Fox 35, Harry Teasdale 33, Riley Paetow 31.

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