.The quick ascent of modest Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star award as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually effectively in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the leading five.Watch the best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert study and also every activity till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING RATHER. Absolutely free and classified assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 judges, along with simply Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in just 7 games and also kicked 2 goals throughout his first pair of times along with the nightclub. Yet he is actually become a pillar of the Kitties' greatest 22 this period, booting 21 objectives and also balancing 17.7 disposals coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season preferred to gain the honor after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough begin to the year.But the duo became disqualified to win the Increasing Superstar after they were both suspended for accidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were at that point catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving however modest champion." He will definitely acknowledge that there are actually a number of actually well-performed gamers who are disqualified. But that shouldn't change the manner in which he feels regarding the means he is actually gone about his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I adore that as a coach when you have players that change the technique you think of points, even subtly." Ollie's only one of the absolute most hopeful, delighted people you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet 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.