Mikayla Pauga

Mikayla Pauga (born 10 April 2003) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Greater Western Sydney in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for Brisbane, with whom she won a premiership in 2023.

Pauga is from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and played with the Maroochydore Football Club prior to moving to the Gold Coast and playing with Bond University in the QAFLW and awarded the Riewoldt Family AFL Excellence Scholarship as part of the Brisbane Lions Academy before being drafted by the Lions. Pauga made her AFLW debut against Richmond on 24 September 2022 at the Punt Road Oval.

She won a premiership with Brisbane in 2023, shortly after which she was traded to Greater Western Sydney.