20 Facts About Karen Paxman

Karen Paxman was born on 25 November 1988 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women's.

Karen Paxman first played football at sixteen years of age and won a premiership and league best and fairest in her first year.

Karen Paxman played in the premier division of the Victorian Women's Football League from the 2009 season and won three VWFL premierships with St Albans and the Darebin Falcons, in addition to a VFL Women's premiership with Darebin.

Karen Paxman's accolades in football include three league best and fairest, state representation on four occasions, featuring in the VFL Women's team of the year and is a five-time All-Australian.

Karen Paxman played with the Bulldogs throughout the women's AFL exhibition series before she was recruited by Melbourne to play in the all-star match in September 2016.

Karen Paxman first played football at sixteen years of age in 2005 with Lalor Park, securing a premiership in her first year of football, in addition to winning the division two best and fairest in the south east conference of the Victorian Women's Football League.

Karen Paxman won a further two league best and fairest in the north west conference in the VWFL, winning the Kate Lawrence Medal in 2006 playing for Hadfield and another in 2008 playing for Heidelberg.

Karen Paxman received state honours representing Victoria at the 2007 AFL Women's National Championships where she received All-Australian honours.

Karen Paxman played her first senior VWFL season with St Albans in 2009.

Karen Paxman played over fifty matches with St Albans, including the 2011 grand final victory, in which she won the Lisa Hardeman medal as the best player on the ground.

Karen Paxman played in her third VWFL premiership in the 2014 grand final against Diamond Creek at Coburg City Oval.

Karen Paxman played eighteen matches for the year, including the grand final victory against Melbourne University, in addition to being named on the half back line in the VFL Women's team of the year.

Karen Paxman debuted in the club's inaugural match against Brisbane at Casey Fields in a fifteen-point loss.

Karen Paxman recorded a game-high twenty-four disposals and was named Melbourne's best player by the Herald Sun and AFL Media.

Karen Paxman continued recording high disposal counts the next few weeks, collecting twenty-seven disposals in the fourteen point win over the Western Bulldogs at Whitten Oval, twenty-four in the six point win against Carlton at Casey Fields, twenty-five in the five point loss to Greater Western Sydney at the Blacktown International Sportspark and twenty-one in the two point win over Adelaide at TIO Stadium.

Karen Paxman was named in Melbourne's best players in every match of the year apart from the round six win against Adelaide, and was consequently predicted to poll highly in the league best and fairest according to Herald Sun journalist, Lauren Wood, and AFL Media reporter, Sarah Black.

Karen Paxman was ultimately the runner up in the award, finishing with ten votes and four behind winner, Erin Phillips.

Karen Paxman experienced a volatile start to 2018, gathering eight disposals early in Melbourne's round 1 win over Greater Western Sydney before suffering a back injury which prevented her from returning to the field after quarter-time.

Karen Paxman enjoyed another successful individual season which included standout performances in victories against Brisbane and the Western Bulldogs, managing 24 disposals and a goal on both occasions.

The 2020 AFL Women's season saw Karen Paxman obtain her fourth AFL Women's All-Australian team selection, named in the rover position.