Athlone Town sweep boards at Women's National League awards
Athlone Town’s Emily Corbet and Tommy Hewitt took home two of the top prizes at the 2022 SSE Airtricity Women's National League Awards tonight.
Corbet was named as the SSE Airtricity Player of the Year and Hewitt as SSE Airtricity Manager of the Year following a sensational season for the Midlanders, who finished second in the League and runners-up in the EVOKE.ie FAI Women's Cup.
There were three Athlone players included in the Team of the Year, including Corbet and her team-mates Jessica Hennessy and Muireann Devaney. Double winners Shelbourne also had three players selected in Jess Gargan, Shauna Fox and Jessie Stapleton, while Wexford Youths had Ellen Molloy and Ciara Rossiter and there was one apiece from Bohemians (Rachael Kelly), Peamount United (Áine O'Gorman) and Sligo Rovers (Emma Doherty).
Shelbourne ace Stapleton claimed the SSE Airtricity Young Player of the Year, while Tara O'Hanlon (Peamount United) and Hannah Healy (Shelbourne) won the EA SPORTS Women's Under 19 and Under 17 League Player of the Year Awards respectively.
The EVOKE.ie Golden Boot for top goalscorer went to Peamount United captain Áine O'Gorman for the fifth time in her career and Shelbourne goalkeeper Amanda Budden retained the Bank of Ireland Golden Gloves award for most clean sheets.
The Buy4Pets Online Goal of the Year went to Sligo Rovers' Aoife Brennan following an online vote that included many superb goals.
At the ceremony in the Gibson Hotel, Dublin, there were two recipients of the Services to the Women's National League in Galway Women’s FC Chairman Stephen Moran and freelance photographer Mick O'Shea.
2022 SSE AIRTRICITY WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE AWARDS
SSE AIRTRICITY PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Emily Corbet (Athlone Town AFC)
SSE AIRTRICITY YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Jessie Stapleton (Shelbourne FC)
SSE AIRTRICITY MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Tommy Hewitt (Athlone Town AFC)
BANK OF IRELAND GOLDEN GLOVES WINNER
Amanda Budden (Shelbourne FC)
EVOKE.ie GOLDEN BOOT WINNER
Áine O'Gorman (Peamount United FC)
BUY4PETS ONLINE GOAL OF THE YEAR
Aoife Brennan (Sligo Rovers FC)
SSE AIRTRICITY TEAM OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Rachael Kelly (Bohemian FC)
Jess Gargan (Shelbourne FC)
Jessica Hennessy (Athlone Town AFC)
Shauna Fox (Shelbourne FC)
Áine O'Gorman (Peamount United FC)
Ellen Molloy (Wexford Youths WFC)
Muireann Devaney (Athlone Town AFC)
Jessie Stapleton (Shelbourne FC)
Ciara Rossiter (Wexford Youths WFC)
Emma Doherty (Sligo Rovers FC)
Emily Corbet (Athlone Town AFC)
EA SPORTS UNDER 19 LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Tara O’Hanlon (Peamount United FC)
EA SPORTS UNDER 17 LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNER
Hannah Healy (Shelbourne FC)
SERVICES TO WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE
Stephen Moran
Mick O'Shea