.The quick rise of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star honor as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also come to be simply the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the best five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist review as well as every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Completely free and personal assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, with just Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong ahead the greatest votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft good deal after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in only 7 video games and also kicked pair of goals around his very first 2 periods along with the club. But he is actually come to be a pillar of the Felines' ideal 22 this time, kicking 21 goals as well as averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season favourite to win the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong start to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to gain the Rising Superstar after they were actually both hung down for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times just before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet modest winner." He will acknowledge that there are a number of truly well-performed gamers who are unacceptable. But that should not modify the manner in which he really feels concerning the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as an instructor when you possess players that alter the technique you deal with traits, also subtly." Ollie's merely among the most optimistic, happy men you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS 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.