.The quick upsurge of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, capped the 2024 Increasing Celebrity award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as become merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were effectively ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the best five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review and also every activity until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING RATHER. Free of cost and private assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned 5 ballots coming from 9 of the 11 judges, along with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong ahead maximum ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft bargain after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in only seven games and also stopped 2 targets throughout his initial 2 periods with the club. But he is actually ended up being a backbone of the Pet cats' greatest 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season much-loved to win the award after West Shore's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid start to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to gain the Climbing Star after they were actually both appended for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were at that point catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days just before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet simple winner." He will certainly recognize that there are a couple of really well-performed gamers that are ineligible. However that should not modify the manner in which he really feels concerning the technique he's engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as a coach when you have players that alter the technique you think about factors, also discreetly." Ollie's merely among one of the most hopeful, delighted individuals you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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.