.The quick upsurge of simple Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Celebrity award as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the top five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist analysis and also every video game until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING RATHER. Free of charge and also classified support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots from 9 of the 11 judges, with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught deal after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played only 7 video games and also kicked 2 goals throughout his 1st pair of seasons with the club. However he is actually come to be a pillar of the Pussy-cats' finest 22 this period, kicking 21 targets and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Shore's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy begin to the year.But the duo became ineligible to succeed the Climbing Star after they were both hung down for cases in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving however modest champion." He will recognize that there are actually a number of definitely well-performed gamers that are disqualified. However that should not change the way that he feels concerning the way he is actually engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as a trainer when you have gamers that transform the method you think about traits, also discreetly." Ollie's only some of one of the most hopeful, pleased fellas you'll encounter." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.