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Mim Strom

Mim Strom (born 7 November 2001) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Originally from the small coastal town of Exmouth,Western Australia, Strom's two older brothers, Zach and Noah, both play in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for South Fremantle.

Growing up, she was a competitive sports enthusiast, participating in various sports such as netball, basketball and Australian rules football, and playing junior football for the Exmouth Eagles in the Gascoyne Football Association.

In 2019, she started playing for South Fremantle in the Rogers Cup, a developmental league for female footballers under the age of 18 in Western Australia, before transferring to the Swan Districts' league side in the WAFL Women's later that year. She played in the inaugural grand final for Swan Districts, and was named as one of the best players in the match. Strom also represented Western Australia in the 2019 AFL Women's Under-18 Championships, being named in their All-Australian team.

Strom was drafted by Fremantle with their second selection, 21st overall, in the 2019 AFL Women's draft.

After fellow ruckwoman Aine Tighe suffered an ACL injury during the pre-season, Strom was tasked with playing as the sole ruck for the Fremantle Dockers. She was named to make her debut in round one of the 2020 AFL Women's season against Geelong at Fremantle Oval, with former Fremantle ruckman and great Aaron Sandilands presenting her match guernsey. Strom said of the experience:

"I was presented with my playing jumper for round one by Aaron Sandilands! I don’t think you could ask for a better legend of the game to present your jumper"

She had fourteen hit-outs and collected seven disposals during the match, and was named as one of the Dockers best players in the afl.com match report following the 16-point win. Strom finished her debut year having played all six games of the home and away season, as Fremantle went undefeated to sit atop the AFLW ladder. She gathered 14 hit-outs and 9 disposals in the semi-finals as Fremantle dominated a first-year Suns team to run out 70-point winners at Fremantle Oval. Unfortunately for Strom and her teammates, the season was ultimately cancelled without a winner, due to fears of a potential pandemic stemming from the newly discovered COVID-19 respiratory virus.

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