.The quick ascent of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, capped the 2024 Rising Celebrity honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and become simply the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were properly 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, along with pro analysis as well as every game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING RATHER. Free of charge as well as private support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong forward the greatest ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draft good deal after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in simply 7 video games as well as stopped pair of objectives around his very first 2 periods along with the nightclub. However he is actually ended up being an essential of the Felines' finest 22 this period, kicking 21 goals and also balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season favorite to gain the award after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough begin to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each appended for incidents in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days just before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving however humble victor." He will definitely recognize that there are a number of really well-performed players who are actually unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't transform the manner in which he really feels about the method he is actually gone about his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you possess gamers that modify the way you deal with traits, also subtly." Ollie's only one of one of the most confident, happy individuals you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 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.