.The fast ascent of simple Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, capped the 2024 Increasing Celebrity honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as 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 top five.Watch the most ideal protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro evaluation as well as every activity up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Absolutely free and confidential support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes from nine of the 11 judges, with merely Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward optimal votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught discount after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 activities and also kicked two objectives throughout his 1st pair of seasons along with the club. However he is actually come to be a pillar of the Kitties' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and averaging 17.7 disposals coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to win the Rising Celebrity after they were each suspended for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving however modest winner." He will certainly recognize that there are actually a number of definitely well-performed gamers that are unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't transform the way that he really feels about the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you possess gamers that modify the method you think about factors, also discreetly." Ollie's just some of the absolute most confident, pleased guys you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES 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.