.The rapid upsurge of simple Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star award as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also come to be just the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro review and also every activity until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Totally free and private support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with simply Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong ahead optimal votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draught discount after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played just seven activities and also kicked pair of goals across his first pair of seasons with the nightclub. However he is actually come to be a backbone of the Cats' ideal 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season much-loved to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo became disqualified to win the Rising Superstar after they were actually both hung down for events in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be a deserving yet humble champion." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a couple of really well-performed players who are actually ineligible. Yet that should not alter the manner in which he experiences regarding the way he's handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as a trainer when you possess gamers that modify the method you consider factors, also subtly." Ollie's just among the most optimistic, happy men you'll encounter." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.