.The rapid ascent of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the leading five.Watch the most ideal coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro review and also every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Free of cost and also personal support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes coming from nine of the 11 courts, with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong onward maximum ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just 7 games and also kicked pair of targets all over his first 2 periods along with the club. However he is actually become a pillar of the Pet cats' greatest 22 this period, kicking 21 objectives and balancing 17.7 disposals from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season much-loved to succeed the honor after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough beginning to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Increasing Star after they were actually both suspended for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving however modest victor." He will recognize that there are actually a couple of really well-performed players who are actually ineligible. Yet that shouldn't modify the way that he feels about the technique he's tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I love that as a coach when you possess gamers that transform the method you think about factors, even discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the best positive, delighted men you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES 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.