.The rapid upsurge of modest Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star award as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also come to be merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Superstar award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually effectively in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the best five.Watch the most effective protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review and also every game up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Completely free and also confidential help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 ballots coming from nine of the 11 courts, with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played simply 7 video games and also stopped pair of goals around his initial two seasons along with the club. But he's ended up being an essential of the Cats' absolute best 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and also balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season preferred to succeed the honor after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid start to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to gain the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually each suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days just before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be a deserving yet simple winner." He will acknowledge that there are actually a couple of really well-performed gamers who are disqualified. Yet that should not transform the manner in which he really feels concerning the way he's set about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a trainer when you have players that change the technique you deal with traits, even subtly." Ollie's merely some of one of the most optimistic, happy guys you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong 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.