.The fast rise of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star honor as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be only the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the best five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro analysis and every activity until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING INSTEAD. Absolutely free and confidential support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, along with only Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong onward the greatest ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draft discount after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just seven activities as well as stopped two goals throughout his very first two periods with the club. However he is actually become a mainstay of the Kitties' absolute best 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season preferred to succeed the award after West Shore's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to win the Climbing Superstar after they were each hung down for happenings in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving however modest victor." He is going to recognize that there are a couple of really well-performed gamers who are disqualified. However that should not alter the manner in which he feels concerning the means he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a trainer when you possess players that transform the means you deal with things, also subtly." Ollie's merely among the most optimistic, satisfied guys you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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 votes.