.The quick rise of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Celebrity award as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also end up being merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional analysis and also every video game until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING RATHER. Totally free and private assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 judges, along with just Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught discount after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in merely seven activities as well as kicked pair of objectives throughout his 1st pair of seasons with the club. But he is actually ended up being an essential of the Felines' greatest 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season much-loved to win the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to win the Rising Star after they were actually both hung down for incidents in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet modest victor." He will recognize that there are a couple of really well-performed players who are unacceptable. But that shouldn't transform the way that he really feels concerning the method he is actually tackled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a trainer when you possess gamers that change the technique you think about points, also subtly." Ollie's merely some of the most positive, delighted individuals you'll meet." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 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 (Street Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.