Ciara Rossiter, a central figure in Wexford's surge to the top of the WNL table, has been rewarded with the Player of the Month award for August/September.
The Slaneysiders have gone four points clear at the top of the table, racking up seven wins on the trot since mid-July, as they seek to claim a first league title since 2018.
The 26-year-old Rossiter, capped for Ireland in 2015, has been a central figure in the endeavour, rattling in four goals in her past five games.
"I certainly didn't expect it. I didn't expect to be nominated. I am very shocked that I won it to be honest," Rossiter told the SSE Airtricity League youtube channel. "I scored four goals in the last five games. I don't really know how that happened because at the start of the season, I couldn't score at all! The run of good form is down to our training sessions. We've been working on our finishing in training.
"After the mid-season break, we thought the title race had gone out a touch. I think we were 11 points behind Shelbourne at one stage. We didn't want to give up, we just focused on ourselves. There's still four massive games to go."
Leanne Sheill, SSE Airtricity Marketing Manager, said: "Congratulations to Ciara Rossiter on being named the SSE Airtricity Women's National League Player of the Month for August/September. She has been instrumental in Wexford Youths's recent run of form which has incredibly seen them reach the top of the league.
