.The swift upsurge of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star honor as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also become only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were effectively before 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 very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review and every activity until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE GETTING RATHER. Completely free and personal assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes from nine of the 11 judges, with simply Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played merely 7 video games and kicked pair of targets across his initial 2 seasons with the club. However he's come to be a backbone of the Felines' ideal 22 this period, booting 21 goals and also averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season preferred to gain the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid begin to the year.But the duo came to be unacceptable to succeed the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each suspended for happenings in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually then catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet simple victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a couple of really well-performed players who are actually unacceptable. Yet that should not modify the way that he really feels concerning the way he's gone about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a trainer when you possess players that change the means you think about traits, even discreetly." Ollie's merely one of the absolute most optimistic, satisfied individuals you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AND 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.