.The quick rise of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, capped the 2024 Increasing Superstar honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be only the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the leading five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review and every video game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE BUYING RATHER. Free of cost and personal help call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong ahead the greatest ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is one more Geelong draft discount after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply seven video games as well as kicked 2 goals across his 1st 2 periods along with the club. Yet he is actually ended up being a backbone of the Pet cats' finest 22 this period, kicking 21 objectives and averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season favourite to gain the award after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful start to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Increasing Celebrity after they were both suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times just before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet modest champion." He will recognize that there are a number of actually well-performed gamers that are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't change the way that he feels regarding the means he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as a coach when you have players that transform the method you deal with things, even subtly." Ollie's simply one of the absolute most hopeful, pleased men you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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 ballots.