.The fast ascent of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, capped the 2024 Increasing Star honor as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be just the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Superstar award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the leading five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review as well as every video game up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Free of cost and also classified assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five ballots from nine of the 11 judges, with simply Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong forward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in simply 7 games and also kicked 2 goals across his very first 2 periods with the nightclub. Yet he is actually come to be a pillar of the Cats' finest 22 this season, booting 21 goals and balancing 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season much-loved to gain the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid beginning to the year.But the duo became ineligible to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were each appended for events in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott claimed Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet humble winner." He will definitely acknowledge that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed players who are disqualified. However that should not transform the manner in which he really feels regarding the technique he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I love that as a coach when you possess players that modify the means you think of points, also subtly." Ollie's simply some of the absolute most positive, happy fellas you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES 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 votes.