.The rapid ascent of simple Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Celebrity honor as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were effectively in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist evaluation and every activity until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. Absolutely free as well as confidential support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with just Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He played just 7 video games and also stopped 2 goals across his 1st pair of times with the club. But he's come to be a pillar of the Kitties' absolute best 22 this season, kicking 21 goals as well as averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to gain the Rising Superstar after they were each appended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott stated Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet simple victor." He will certainly recognize that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed gamers that are ineligible. However that shouldn't transform the manner in which he experiences concerning the technique he is actually tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as a trainer when you possess gamers that modify the way you think of points, also discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the best hopeful, delighted men you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AND 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.