.The swift ascent of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been actually rewarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Superstar honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be just the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the best five.Watch the best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional study and also every activity till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING RATHER. Totally free and also confidential support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots from nine of the 11 judges, along with simply Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong ahead maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draught bargain after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He played just seven activities as well as kicked pair of goals across his very first pair of periods with the nightclub. However he is actually become a mainstay of the Felines' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 goals and averaging 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the hot early-season preferred to win the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong begin to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to gain the Climbing Celebrity after they were both appended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott claimed Dempsey will be a deserving however humble champion." He is going to recognize that there are a couple of actually well-performed players who are unacceptable. But that should not modify the manner in which he experiences concerning the way he's tackled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as an instructor when you have players that transform the method you deal with points, also subtly." Ollie's just among the absolute most confident, satisfied fellas you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES 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.