.The swift upsurge of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Superstar award as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the leading five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert study and every video game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of cost and discreet support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots from nine of the 11 courts, with only Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong onward optimal votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played simply seven activities and kicked pair of targets around his very first two seasons with the club. However he is actually ended up being a pillar of the Kitties' best 22 this season, kicking 21 goals and also averaging 17.7 fingertips from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season preferred to gain the award after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to win the Increasing Superstar after they were actually each suspended for cases in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be a deserving yet humble victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed gamers who are ineligible. Yet that shouldn't alter the way that he really feels about the means he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you possess players that transform the way you think about things, also subtly." Ollie's merely one of the absolute most confident, pleased people you'll encounter." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet Cats)-- 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.