.The fast upsurge of humble Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Celebrity award as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be just the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the most ideal insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro study as well as every activity till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING RATHER. Completely free and also classified help phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with merely Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played merely seven video games and also stopped two objectives across his very first 2 periods along with the club. But he's ended up being a backbone of the Pussy-cats' ideal 22 this period, booting 21 goals and also averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favourite to succeed the award after West Coastline's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough start to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to succeed the Rising Star after they were both suspended for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott claimed Dempsey will be actually a deserving however humble champion." He will definitely recognize that there are a couple of definitely well-performed gamers that are actually disqualified. However that shouldn't modify the manner in which he experiences concerning the technique he is actually tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a coach when you possess players that alter the means you think about things, also subtly." Ollie's just some of one of the most optimistic, happy guys you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet Cats)-- 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 votes.