.The fast rise of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, capped the 2024 Rising Star award as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also become simply the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who filled out the top five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with expert review as well as every activity till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE PURCHASING INSTEAD. Absolutely free and private assistance phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes from nine of the 11 judges, with simply Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He played simply 7 games as well as kicked 2 targets all over his first pair of periods with the nightclub. But he's become a pillar of the Pet cats' ideal 22 this time, kicking 21 goals as well as averaging 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season preferred to win the award after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were actually each suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were after that catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott claimed Dempsey would be a deserving yet simple winner." He will acknowledge that there are a number of actually well-performed players who are unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't modify the way that he experiences about the way he's tackled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as an instructor when you have gamers that change the way you think of factors, also subtly." Ollie's merely some of the best hopeful, satisfied fellas you'll come across." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS 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 votes.