.The quick rise of modest Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Superstar honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also end up being only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually effectively before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the leading five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review and every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge and also discreet assistance phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 judges, along with merely Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong onward maximum ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply seven games and also kicked pair of objectives across his 1st two times with the club. But he is actually become a backbone of the Felines' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 goals and averaging 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season much-loved to succeed the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to gain the Climbing Celebrity after they were each suspended for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott said Dempsey would be actually a deserving however simple victor." He will acknowledge that there are a couple of definitely well-performed gamers that are actually ineligible. But that shouldn't modify the manner in which he feels concerning the way he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as an instructor when you possess players that transform the method you consider traits, also subtly." Ollie's just some of the best confident, delighted guys you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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 votes.