.The rapid upsurge of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Increasing Star award as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and end up being merely the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Climbing Superstar award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who filled out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert review as well as every game till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING RATHER. Absolutely free and also classified support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong onward maximum ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft bargain after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 activities and also stopped two targets around his 1st 2 times with the club. However he's ended up being a mainstay of the Felines' finest 22 this period, kicking 21 targets and balancing 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the very hot early-season favorite to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough begin to the year.But the duo ended up being ineligible to succeed the Increasing Star after they were each hung down for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the period stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet modest winner." He is going to recognize that there are a couple of truly well-performed players that are ineligible. But that should not change the way that he really feels regarding the way he is actually tackled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as a trainer when you have players that change the means you consider points, also subtly." Ollie's simply one of the best hopeful, pleased individuals you'll come across." 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.