Horsham Saint Ella Friend, Ararat Storm's Isabella Simmons and Stawell Warriors' Crystal Summers have been named in the 39-person squad for a second consecutive season, while Horsham Demon Stephanie Glover has also made the squad.

Rebels girls coordinator Krista Woodroofe said she was excited by the potential of the list heading into a new NAB League season.

"We definitely feel we have picked our best squad, given that normally we would only have the squad at 35 but there were four or five girls we couldn't distinguish from each other, so we opened it up to 39 players just to allow more girls to get the opportunity to be part of the squad," she said.

"We're really pleased with our top end talent as well, we think they will provide good leadership over the course of the season."

Caris was voted into the vice captaincy role by the rest of her teammates at a pre-season camp at the weekend.

Head coach Rhys Cahir said he was rapt with the calibre of leaders selected, including former Ararat Storm youngster Rennee Saulitis.

"This year's leaders are an exceptional bunch," he said.

"Vice-Captains Renee Saulitis and Maggie Caris are outstanding footballers who are in the AFL academy and lead accordingly on the field.

"We have a good mix of top age, middle age and bottom age girls who seem to get better and better every season and keep producing."

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