.The rapid upsurge of simple Feline Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as component of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also become merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the best five.Watch the greatest insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro evaluation and also every video game until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING INSTEAD. Totally free and also private help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with only Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong onward the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually another Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in only 7 games and also stopped pair of targets throughout his 1st 2 periods with the nightclub. Yet he is actually ended up being an essential of the Felines' absolute best 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and averaging 17.7 disposals from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season much-loved to gain the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to succeed the Rising Star after they were both hung down for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were at that point catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days just before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would certainly be a deserving however simple victor." He will certainly recognize that there are a number of actually well-performed players who are actually unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't change the manner in which he experiences regarding the way he's tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a coach when you have players that change the method you think of points, even subtly." Ollie's just among the absolute most positive, pleased individuals you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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.