.The swift rise of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Celebrity honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also come to be merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were effectively in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the leading five.Watch the best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist study as well as every activity till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING RATHER. For Free and also confidential assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from nine of the 11 courts, along with merely Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played simply 7 video games and also stopped 2 targets all over his initial two seasons with the club. However he is actually come to be a pillar of the Felines' ideal 22 this time, kicking 21 goals and also averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season much-loved to gain the award after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong start to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to gain the Increasing Star after they were actually each appended for cases in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were then catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet modest winner." He will definitely recognize that there are actually a number of truly well-performed gamers who are actually disqualified. However that should not alter the way that he feels about the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as a trainer when you have players that transform the way you think of traits, also discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the most positive, delighted guys you'll encounter." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Cats)-- 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.