.The swift rise of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being simply the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually effectively ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional analysis and also every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING RATHER. Totally free and private support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with simply Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draught bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply seven video games and also stopped pair of objectives throughout his first two seasons with the club. However he's become a pillar of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this period, booting 21 targets as well as averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the hot early-season preferred to succeed the award after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong start to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to gain the Increasing Superstar after they were each appended for cases in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet humble victor." He will acknowledge that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed gamers who are actually ineligible. However that should not change the way that he feels concerning the technique he is actually gone about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a coach when you have gamers that transform the technique you deal with traits, even discreetly." Ollie's merely one of the absolute most confident, happy people you'll encounter." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS 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 votes.