.The rapid ascent of simple Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been compensated, capped the 2024 Climbing Celebrity honor as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also end up being simply the second Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Climbing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were well ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who filled out the leading five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review and also every game up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE ACQUIRING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Totally free as well as classified assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes coming from 9 of the 11 judges, along with merely Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong ahead maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draft discount after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 games and also kicked 2 goals across his first two seasons with the nightclub. But he's ended up being a mainstay of the Pet cats' absolute best 22 this time, kicking 21 targets and averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season preferred to succeed the honor after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough begin to the year.But the duo ended up being disqualified to succeed the Rising Superstar after they were both appended for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet modest champion." He is going to recognize that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed gamers that are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't transform the manner in which he really feels about the means he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I love that as a coach when you have players that alter the technique you think about traits, even subtly." Ollie's merely some of the absolute most positive, pleased men you'll encounter." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pet 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.