.The fast upsurge of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Superstar honor as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being simply the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert study and every activity until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ACQUIRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Absolutely free and also personal support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, along with just Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong onward maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five ballots and also Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draught good deal after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in only 7 games and also stopped pair of objectives throughout his first two periods with the club. But he is actually come to be a backbone of the Felines' best 22 this period, kicking 21 objectives as well as balancing 17.7 disposals from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season much-loved to win the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo became ineligible to win the Increasing Star after they were each hung down for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott said Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet humble champion." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a number of truly well-performed players that are unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't transform the way that he really feels regarding the way he's handled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as an instructor when you possess gamers that transform the means you think of things, even discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the absolute most optimistic, delighted individuals you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 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 votes.