.The rapid upsurge of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star award as component of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as come to be merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were effectively ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the most effective protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro analysis as well as every video game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge and discreet assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, with only Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught bargain after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played simply seven video games as well as stopped pair of goals all over his 1st pair of periods with the club. Yet he is actually come to be a backbone of the Pet cats' ideal 22 this period, booting 21 targets and also balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season preferred to succeed the honor after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough start to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to succeed the Increasing Star after they were actually both hung down for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet modest champion." He is going to acknowledge that there are a number of really well-performed players that are disqualified. However that shouldn't alter the way that he feels regarding the technique he's tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I love that as an instructor when you have players that alter the means you think about things, even discreetly." Ollie's merely one of the most positive, satisfied men you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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.