.The quick upsurge of humble Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star award as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and become only the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the top five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert evaluation as well as every activity until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE PURCHASING RATHER. Completely free and also discreet assistance telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes from 9 of the 11 courts, along with merely Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 games as well as kicked pair of objectives across his first two seasons along with the club. However he's become a mainstay of the Kitties' absolute best 22 this time, booting 21 goals as well as averaging 17.7 fingertips from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season favorite to gain the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough beginning to the year.But the duo became ineligible to gain the Climbing Star after they were actually each appended for events in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet humble winner." He will recognize that there are a number of actually well-performed players who are actually disqualified. However that should not alter the manner in which he feels about the way he is actually set about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a coach when you have players that alter the means you think about things, also subtly." Ollie's merely some of the best optimistic, pleased 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 (St Kilda)-- 15 votes5. Colby McKercher (North Melbourne)-- 12 ballots.