.The fast upsurge of humble Cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Star honor as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and come to be merely the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Superstar award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were effectively in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the best five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional study and also every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your totally free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of cost as well as confidential assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots from 9 of the 11 judges, with merely Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught deal after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just 7 games and stopped two objectives all over his very first pair of seasons with the club. However he is actually become a pillar of the Pet cats' best 22 this season, kicking 21 goals and also balancing 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the hot early-season preferred to win the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid begin to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were each appended for occurrences in Cycle 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would be a deserving however humble champion." He will acknowledge that there are a couple of actually well-performed players who are unacceptable. Yet that should not alter the manner in which he experiences regarding the method he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a coach when you possess players that modify the way you think of points, also subtly." Ollie's simply among one of the most confident, pleased individuals you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Felines)-- 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 ballots.