.The quick upsurge of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Rising Celebrity award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also end up being only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the most effective coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro review as well as every activity until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ACQUIRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Completely free as well as confidential support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots from 9 of the 11 judges, along with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong ahead optimal votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply seven activities and also kicked two objectives around his 1st pair of periods with the nightclub. But he's ended up being a backbone of the Felines' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 goals as well as balancing 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season much-loved to succeed the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to win the Climbing Star after they were each hung down for occurrences in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would be a deserving yet simple winner." He will definitely acknowledge that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed gamers who are ineligible. But that shouldn't transform the way that he feels about the method he is actually tackled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as an instructor when you possess players that modify the method you deal with things, even subtly." Ollie's merely some of the most optimistic, pleased people you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.