STRENGTHS:

+ Competitiveness
+ Defensive pressure
+ Athleticism
+ Speed
+ Decision making
+ Versatility
+ Consistency

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Endurance
- Opposite foot

Perhaps Waye's greatest strength is the fact that she doesn't just have one key differentiating factor. The West Adelaide prospect is so well balanced she can win it on the inside, win it on the outside, apply pressure when needed, and be the receiver to burst away and break the game open when required. Even her areas that could improve, are really not that bad, and in the end, there is not much you can fault her on.

Waye is first and foremost a competitor. That is something that she has carried throughout her footballing journey. The defensive pressure she brings off the back of a see-ball, get-ball attitude is what her teammates and coaches love, with the Bloods' senior coach Bruce Dawes thrilled to see Waye get a state opportunity over the preseason.

Using her rejection of missing the Croweaters' squad as a bottom-ager as motivation, Waye really transformed her game to improve her skills and work on her overall profile which really took her game to another level. It got to the point where she was just too hard to ignore, and was clearly one of the most consistent and strongest performers for West Adelaide at SANFLW level.

Outside of her defensive pressure and competitive nature, Waye is aided by a really strong athletic profile. She has elite speed - clocking a time of 3.209 in the 20m sprint - and fantastic agility - 8.594 seconds - and running vertical leap - 66cm - all of which ranked inside the top 10 nation-wide at the National Draft Combine.

Unlike some who might test well and not show it on the field, Waye does. She backs herself to take on a player who stands the mark with an ankle-breaking sidestep, including a really nice goal on the move after bursting forward 15m from a sidestep. She is competitive in the air and at ground level and usually clean by hand and effective by foot.

Her kicking is an interesting element to hone in on, as over short distances she hits targets, and over long distances when having time and space can nail precise passes. Under pressure she can tend to lift the leg a little higher forcing a lobbed ball but thanks to her decision making capabilities, it usually at worst gives her teammates a 50/50 chance. Her 51.4 per cent kicking efficiency at the national championships is not indicative of her abilities, and she is still what you would call 'above average' particularly over short to medium distances.

She could improve her left-foot kicking, as sometimes she would overcompensate getting onto her right or instead quickly handball off to a teammate when caught on that left side. It was not a big issue, but one that was just to note down given the cleanliness with which she was effective by foot in other situations.

The other improvement is her endurance, which on-field is still good, but could be better, and she is aided by being that hybrid forward who has stints through the middle. In that role, she can run out games perfectly fine, but in the case of being a full-time midfielder, it is an earlier that could further improve.

As mentioned though, Waye doesn't really have what you'd call 'red flags' with her profile, and while she doesn't have a massive standout attribute compared to the draft crop, she is above average in most things, and clearly athletically she is among the best in the group. Essentially, the work she has done over the last two years - and before that - has placed her in a terrific position ahead of the AFLW Draft.