.The quick ascent of simple Cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being just the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually effectively in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the leading five.Watch the most ideal coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert analysis as well as every game till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. For Free as well as classified assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes from 9 of the 11 judges, along with just Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in just 7 games as well as stopped two objectives throughout his 1st pair of times along with the club. But he is actually ended up being a pillar of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this period, kicking 21 goals and averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season much-loved to gain the award after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to gain the Increasing Star after they were both hung down for events in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times just before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott claimed Dempsey would be a deserving however simple winner." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a number of actually well-performed players who are actually disqualified. But that shouldn't alter the way that he really feels regarding the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as an instructor when you have gamers that transform the technique you deal with things, also subtly." Ollie's only one of the absolute most positive, delighted men you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 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 ballots.