.The rapid ascent of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also become just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the top five.Watch the most ideal insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert study and every activity until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your cost-free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Absolutely free and also confidential assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just seven activities as well as kicked two goals across his very first 2 periods with the nightclub. But he's come to be an essential of the Felines' ideal 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the hot early-season favorite to succeed the award after West Shore's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to gain the Climbing Superstar after they were actually each appended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be a deserving yet simple victor." He is going to acknowledge that there are a couple of actually well-performed gamers that are disqualified. But that should not change the manner in which he really feels regarding the way he is actually tackled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a trainer when you possess gamers that change the method you consider things, even subtly." Ollie's simply one of the best optimistic, satisfied guys you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.