.The quick ascent of modest Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Celebrity honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being just the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the leading five.Watch the very best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review and also every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Absolutely free and confidential help call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong onward maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 ballots and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draught bargain after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played merely seven video games as well as stopped pair of objectives throughout his initial 2 times along with the club. But he's ended up being an essential of the Pussy-cats' greatest 22 this period, booting 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season preferred to win the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid begin to the year.But the duo became ineligible to succeed the Increasing Star after they were actually each appended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days just before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott said Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet humble victor." He will acknowledge that there are a number of really well-performed players that are disqualified. However that should not alter the way that he feels about the method he's set about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a trainer when you possess players that change the way you deal with things, also subtly." Ollie's just among one of the most confident, satisfied men you'll encounter." 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 (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.