.The rapid rise of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and become only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who filled out the leading five.Watch the most ideal insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review and also every game till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge and private assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes from nine of the 11 courts, along with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong forward optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft discount after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 games as well as stopped 2 objectives all over his 1st two times with the club. However he is actually become an essential of the Pussy-cats' ideal 22 this period, kicking 21 targets and averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong beginning to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to win the Rising Celebrity after they were each suspended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet modest victor." He is going to acknowledge that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed gamers who are unacceptable. However that should not change the manner in which he feels regarding the method he is actually gone about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you have gamers that modify the technique you think about things, also subtly." Ollie's simply one of the best hopeful, happy men you'll encounter." 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 (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 votes.