.The rapid ascent of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Star honor as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also become merely the second Geelong player after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually effectively ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert evaluation and also every game till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. Absolutely free as well as classified support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes from 9 of the 11 judges, with just Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward the greatest ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in merely 7 activities and also stopped two targets throughout his very first two periods along with the nightclub. Yet he's come to be a mainstay of the Pussy-cats' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 fingertips from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season much-loved to succeed the honor after West Shore's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to win the Rising Superstar after they were actually each suspended for happenings in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott stated Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet simple winner." He will certainly recognize that there are a number of really well-performed players that are actually disqualified. However that shouldn't change the manner in which he really feels concerning the method he is actually gone about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a coach when you have players that modify the technique you deal with traits, even discreetly." Ollie's just one of the most confident, satisfied people you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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.