16 Facts About Mikayla Bowen

Mikayla Bowen was born on 17 April 2001 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for Geelong in the AFL Women's.

From Darlington, Perth, Western Australia, Mikayla Bowen tried athletics, basketball and soccer in her youth before settling on football around 2016, playing recreationally at her school, Helena College.

Mikayla Bowen played for Swan Districts, a WAFL Women's club, in their junior side, winning a best and fairest in 2016 and captaining the team to a premiership in 2017.

Mikayla Bowen represented her state at the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships from 2017 to 2019.

Mikayla Bowen was named in the All-Australian side's midfield and her state's best and fairest after averaging about 19 disposals, four tackles and seven clearances.

Mikayla Bowen debuted in the opening round of the 2020 season, as part of West Coast's inaugural team.

Mikayla Bowen recorded eight disposals on debut as she was named on the wing and showed enormous pressure with ten tackles but it was not enough to get her team their first win in their first game.

Mikayla Bowen showed clear improvement in her second season in the competition recording five more goals including a career-high two goals against the Richmond Tigers in round seven and career-high disposal count in round nine against St Kilda with 22 disposals beating her previous records of 21 disposals from round five and eight.

Mikayla Bowen won a 2021 AFL Women's Rising Star nomination for her role in West Coast's first win of the season, against Gold Coast by a point.

Mikayla Bowen collected 21 disposals, 7 marks and a goal.

Mikayla Bowen again played every match in 2022 season 6 and continued to play a key role on the wing for her side but she recorded just one win in the fourth round against St Kilda by two points.

In June 2022, Mikayla Bowen requested a trade away from West Coast and was traded to Geelong for pick 24.

Mikayla Bowen made her club debut against the Richmond Tigers in the opening round of the seventh season of the AFL Women's competition and instantly cemented her spot as a starting winger for her new club with 16 disposals in a win.

Mikayla Bowen has played every possible match in her four seasons in the AFL Women's competition.

Mikayla Bowen's uncle played for Swan Districts in the late 1980s, while her great-great-grandfather played for South Melbourne.

Mikayla Bowen has been a "diehard" supporter of West Coast since her childhood.