.The swift rise of modest Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar honor as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be simply the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were effectively in advance 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 best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert analysis and also every game until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING RATHER. For Free as well as private support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes from nine of the 11 courts, with simply Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong onward maximum ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draft deal after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just 7 video games as well as stopped pair of goals around his initial two periods along with the nightclub. However he is actually become an essential of the Cats' greatest 22 this time, booting 21 targets and also averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season favourite to win the honor after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to succeed the Increasing Celebrity after they were both suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott said Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving however humble champion." He will definitely acknowledge that there are a number of truly well-performed gamers that are actually ineligible. However that shouldn't change the manner in which he feels regarding the method he's gone about his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you have players that modify the way you deal with traits, even subtly." Ollie's just among the absolute most optimistic, happy individuals you'll meet." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND 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 ballots.