.The rapid upsurge of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, capped the 2024 Increasing Star award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert study and also every activity up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. Completely free and also private support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong ahead the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played only 7 video games and also kicked 2 targets throughout his initial pair of times along with the club. Yet he's become a backbone of the Cats' absolute best 22 this period, kicking 21 goals and balancing 17.7 disposals coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season preferred to win the honor after West Shore's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid start to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to win the Increasing Celebrity after they were each hung down for accidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were after that catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott stated Dempsey will be actually a deserving however simple champion." He is going to recognize that there are actually a number of actually well-performed players who are unacceptable. However that should not change the manner in which he feels concerning the means he's dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I really love that as a trainer when you possess gamers that modify the means you think of points, also discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the most hopeful, satisfied men you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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.