FORMER Rising Star winner Mimi Hill will remain a Blue for two more seasons, with the 20-year-old signing a one-year contract extension to remain at Carlton until the end of 2024.

The signing is a welcome development for the Blues, with the club enduring a tumultuous off-season which saw the departures of head coach Daniel Harford, AFLW footy boss Brett Munro and star defender Lucy McEvoy.

After being crowned the NAB AFLW Rising Star in season six of the AFLW competition, Hill enjoyed a stellar season seven, taking out Carlton's best and fairest award after averaging 23 disposals per game throughout the season.

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With Hill already contracted to Carlton for the upcoming 2023 season, the Blues' head of football Brad Lloyd said Hill's decision to sign on for an additional year was a great show of commitment to Carlton's future.

Mimi Hill gets a handball away during round nine, season seven, 2022. Picture: AFL Photos

"To have Mimi show such enormous faith in the club by adding an additional year to her contract tells you everything you need to know about her character and commitment to this football club,” Lloyd said. 
 
"For someone so early in their career, to be prepared to take ownership and thrive on the responsibility in helping to take this program into its next era is seriously impressive. 
 
"Every Carlton person should feel genuinely excited to have a player of the calibre of Mimi so invested in driving this football club to the position we are all striving to see it reach. 

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"We will continue work through the remainder of the AFLW Sign and Trade Period with a clear focus in mind, to ensure we establish a playing group that is unwavering and united in their commitment to take this program forward."

The 2023 Sign and Trade Period opened on Friday, and will run until March 20.