.The swift rise of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star award as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as become just the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the best five.Watch the most effective insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist evaluation and also every game up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of charge test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. Totally free and discreet support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with just Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in just 7 video games as well as kicked two objectives throughout his initial 2 seasons along with the nightclub. However he's become a mainstay of the Pussy-cats' greatest 22 this time, booting 21 targets and averaging 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 Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality 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 win the Rising Star after they were both appended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were at that point catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins profits|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott said Dempsey will be actually a deserving however modest winner." He is going to acknowledge that there are a number of definitely well-performed players that are actually unacceptable. But that should not change the way that he experiences regarding the technique he is actually handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a trainer when you have players that transform the way you consider points, also subtly." Ollie's only among the absolute most hopeful, happy individuals you'll find." 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.