.The swift ascent of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as component of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also end up being just the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert review as well as every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Absolutely free and also personal help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draught discount after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played just seven video games and also stopped 2 goals around his first 2 periods with the club. However he is actually become a pillar of the Felines' best 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season preferred to win the award after West Shore's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong start to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to succeed the Increasing Star after they were actually both hung down for events in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet modest champion." He will definitely acknowledge that there are a number of definitely well-performed gamers who are ineligible. Yet that shouldn't alter the manner in which he experiences regarding the method he is actually handled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a trainer when you have gamers that modify the means you think about factors, also subtly." Ollie's simply some of the best hopeful, happy people you'll encounter." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet 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 votes.