.The swift upsurge of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually compensated, capped the 2024 Climbing Star honor as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also become simply the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the leading five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert analysis as well as every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING INSTEAD. Free of cost and personal support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong forward the greatest ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draught discount after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played simply seven video games and kicked pair of targets around his 1st pair of times along with the nightclub. But he is actually come to be an essential of the Cats' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives and balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season preferred to gain the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to gain the Increasing Star after they were both appended for accidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet modest champion." He will certainly recognize that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed gamers who are actually disqualified. Yet that shouldn't modify the way that he experiences about the means he's dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I enjoy that as a coach when you possess players that alter the method you deal with factors, even discreetly." Ollie's simply one of the absolute most confident, happy men you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 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 votes.