.The fast upsurge of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Celebrity award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being only the second Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the best five.Watch the most ideal protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro study and every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Completely free and also classified help call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, with just Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong ahead optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught bargain after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in simply seven games and also kicked pair of goals throughout his first two times with the club. But he's ended up being a backbone of the Cats' best 22 this time, booting 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favorite to win the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid begin to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were each suspended for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet simple winner." He will acknowledge that there are a couple of definitely well-performed gamers that are actually disqualified. But that shouldn't change the manner in which he really feels regarding the means he's dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as an instructor when you have players that alter the technique you think about traits, even discreetly." Ollie's merely some of the most optimistic, delighted men you'll encounter." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 52 votes2. George Wardlaw (North Melbourne)-- 43 votes3. Kai Lohmann (Brisbane Lions)-- 21 votes4. Darcy Wilson (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 votes.