.The fast ascent of modest Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist review as well as every video game till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Completely free as well as confidential assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 ballots coming from nine of the 11 courts, along with just Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught good deal after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in simply 7 activities and kicked pair of objectives throughout his initial 2 periods with the club. Yet he is actually become a backbone of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this time, kicking 21 goals as well as balancing 17.7 fingertips from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season preferred to succeed the award after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough start to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to gain the Climbing Star after they were actually each appended for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey will be actually a deserving however simple victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a couple of definitely well-performed players who are ineligible. But that should not modify the way that he experiences regarding the technique he is actually engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I really love that as a coach when you possess gamers that change the technique you think of points, even subtly." Ollie's only one of the absolute most confident, delighted guys you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS 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.