.The swift ascent of modest Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Rising Superstar honor as component of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as come to be only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist review and every video game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Free of charge as well as discreet assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 ballots from nine of the 11 courts, along with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong forward the greatest ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played only 7 activities as well as kicked 2 targets across his 1st two times with the club. But he is actually come to be an essential of the Felines' absolute best 22 this season, booting 21 goals as well as balancing 17.7 disposals from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favorite to succeed the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to gain the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each hung down for events in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were then catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving however humble victor." He is going to acknowledge that there are a number of actually well-performed players that are actually unacceptable. However that should not change the manner in which he experiences about the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a trainer when you have players that alter the way you consider points, even subtly." Ollie's simply one of the absolute most positive, satisfied people you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet Cats)-- 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.