.The rapid ascent of modest Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually compensated, capped the 2024 Rising Celebrity honor as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being simply the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the leading five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional evaluation as well as every game up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE GETTING INSTEAD. Totally free and confidential support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes from 9 of the 11 judges, with merely Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward the greatest ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft discount after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played only 7 games and kicked pair of objectives across his first pair of periods with the club. But he is actually come to be a pillar of the Cats' ideal 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives as well as balancing 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season favourite to succeed the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to gain the Increasing Superstar after they were each appended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be a deserving however simple victor." He will recognize that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed players that are actually ineligible. However that should not modify the way that he feels about the technique he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I really love that as a trainer when you possess gamers that alter the means you consider factors, even discreetly." Ollie's just some of the most confident, delighted people you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS 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.