.The fast rise of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Superstar award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as become only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the best five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist study and every activity till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge and also private help call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, with just Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong ahead optimal ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 ballots and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught discount after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in merely 7 activities and also stopped 2 targets all over his initial pair of times with the nightclub. But he is actually become a backbone of the Felines' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favorite to succeed the award after West Shore's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to succeed the Rising Star after they were actually both suspended for incidents in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would be actually a deserving however modest victor." He is going to acknowledge that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed players who are actually ineligible. However that shouldn't modify the manner in which he experiences regarding the technique he is actually engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as an instructor when you possess players that modify the method you deal with things, also discreetly." Ollie's only one of the most hopeful, pleased individuals you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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 ballots.