Majak Daw was just awarded Mark of the Year and now his younger sister, Mary Daw, is aiming to reach the same lofty heights.

This week the 14-year-old put her skills on display at the AFL Female Diversity Championships in Shepparton, along with 200 other young girls from multicultural backgrounds.

"There's a lot of new opportunities for girls in the AFL, and that really gets me excited," Mary told The Age.

Mary said the establishment of the national AFL women's league this year has made her dream of becoming a football star a reality.

"It gets me happy that I get to be part of this great opportunity and do what I love. I think I'm going to play AFL in the future."

Mary’s talents are already well known after she played in the inaugural Victorian All-Nations representative team.

"To think I could make it to a level like my brother's level, that really inspires me, because he's an AFL player and one day maybe I could be one."

Majak admits being blown away by his little sister’s skills.

"Seeing her play footy, I was a little bit shocked at how good her technique was," he said.

Her coach, former AFL player, David Rodan, agrees the sky is the limit for Mary.

"She's an explosive player," he said.

"She's picked it up very quickly. If she continues to stay in the game and play footy, I can't see why she can't play at the highest level."

For Mary and her family, football is more than just a game. She said how it helped her family integrate into the community, since arriving in Australia from South Sudan and Egypt.

"It gets us familiar with life in Australia compared to life in South Sudan,” she explained.

"It opens new opportunities for us.

"Instead of thinking of negative things, like going out and partying all day and not doing anything, we can put that energy into things that are positive, like footy."