.The fast ascent of simple Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, capped the 2024 Rising Star award as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and become just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro study as well as every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE GETTING INSTEAD. Absolutely free and confidential support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught good deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in only seven games and also stopped 2 goals throughout his initial pair of times along with the nightclub. Yet he is actually ended up being an essential of the Pussy-cats' greatest 22 this period, booting 21 objectives as well as averaging 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season favourite to win the award after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were actually each appended for events in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be a deserving however modest winner." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a number of really well-performed gamers who are actually disqualified. Yet that shouldn't change the way that he experiences concerning the method he is actually tackled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as a coach when you possess gamers that modify the technique you consider points, even discreetly." Ollie's merely among the absolute most confident, satisfied guys you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 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.