.The quick upsurge of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually rewarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar honor as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being merely the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the top five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional study as well as every video game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Totally free as well as classified support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, with merely Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draught deal after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in merely seven games and also kicked 2 targets across his first two seasons along with the nightclub. But he's ended up being a backbone of the Pet cats' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season favourite to succeed the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Increasing Star after they were actually both hung down for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually then catapulted in to favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be a deserving however modest champion." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a couple of truly well-performed players that are unacceptable. However that should not alter the way that he experiences concerning the technique he's handled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as an instructor when you have gamers that change the technique you think about things, even discreetly." Ollie's just some of the best optimistic, pleased individuals you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO 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.