Pearce is widely regarded as the face of women's Australian rules football and one of its first ambassadors.
In 2016, Pearce was named Football Woman of the Year for her work as the AFL's female football ambassador, an AFL talent coordinator and a graduate intern at the Melbourne Football Club.
In February 2017, Melbourne unveiled the new mascot for its women's team, named Daisy in her honour.
On 7 March 2017, Pearce became the first woman to be elected as a director on the board of the AFLPA; at the same meeting, the AFLPA decided to include AFLW players as full members of the association.
In September 2018, the VFL Women's best and fairest award was named the Lambert–Pearce Medal to honour both Pearce and VWFL founding committee member and former president Helen Lambert; Pearce had won the inaugural award in 2016 after having previously won six Helen Lambert Medals in the VWFL.
Pearce is widely regarded as the face of women's Australian rules football and one of its first ambassadors. In 2016, Pearce was named Football Woman of the Year for her work as the AFL's female football ambassador, an AFL talent coordinator and a graduate intern at the Melbourne Football Club. In February 2017, Melbourne unveiled the new mascot for its women's team, named Daisy in her honour. On 7 March 2017, Pearce became the first woman to be elected as a director on the board of the AFLPA; at the same meeting, the AFLPA decided to include AFLW players as full members of the association. In September 2018, the VFL Women's best and fairest award was named the Lambert–Pearce Medal to honour both Pearce and VWFL founding committee member and former president Helen Lambert; Pearce had won the inaugural award in 2016 after having previously won six Helen Lambert Medals in the VWFL.
Daisy Pearce