.The swift upsurge of humble Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Star award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also end up being merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the top five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist analysis and also every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Totally free and also discreet support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from nine of the 11 courts, with only Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong onward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft discount after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in merely 7 games and also kicked 2 goals across his 1st pair of times along with the club. However he's ended up being an essential of the Pet cats' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 targets as well as averaging 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favorite to win the honor after West Shore's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid start to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to succeed the Increasing Star after they were both appended for incidents in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were after that catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be a deserving yet modest champion." He is going to recognize that there are actually a couple of really well-performed gamers that are disqualified. However that shouldn't alter the manner in which he feels about the method he's dealt with his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as a coach when you possess players that transform the technique you think about things, even discreetly." Ollie's just some of one of the most hopeful, happy men you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 52 votes2. George Wardlaw (North Melbourne)-- 43 votes3. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)-- 21 votes4. Darcy Wilson (Street Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.