.The swift ascent of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Superstar honor as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be only the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the leading five.Watch the best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro review and every game till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Absolutely free as well as confidential support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 ballots from nine of the 11 judges, along with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong ahead the greatest ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played only 7 video games and also kicked pair of objectives across his 1st two periods with the club. However he's become an essential of the Cats' greatest 22 this time, booting 21 objectives as well as balancing 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season much-loved to win the honor after West Shore's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong start to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Rising Celebrity after they were both hung down for events in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet modest champion." He will acknowledge that there are a couple of really well-performed gamers who are actually disqualified. However that should not change the manner in which he feels about the method he's set about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as an instructor when you have players that alter the method you think of points, also subtly." Ollie's only some of the most optimistic, delighted fellas you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong 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.