.The fast ascent of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Celebrity honor as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also come to be simply the second Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the best insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional evaluation as well as every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of charge trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Completely free and discreet assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned 5 votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward maximum ballots. Mahoney offered Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught discount after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played simply 7 activities as well as kicked pair of targets throughout his first two times with the nightclub. However he's become a pillar of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this period, kicking 21 objectives and balancing 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the hot early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to gain the Rising Celebrity after they were actually each suspended for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times just before the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott stated Dempsey would be a deserving yet modest victor." He will definitely recognize that there are a couple of actually well-performed gamers that are actually disqualified. However that shouldn't modify the way that he feels about the method he's engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as an instructor when you possess players that alter the way you deal with things, even discreetly." Ollie's simply one of one of the most positive, pleased fellas you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet 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.