.The fast rise of simple Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar honor as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also come to be merely the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were effectively ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the most ideal insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional study as well as every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your complimentary test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE GETTING RATHER. For Free and private help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned 5 ballots from nine of the 11 judges, with merely Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draught good deal after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in simply 7 video games and kicked 2 objectives across his first 2 periods with the club. Yet he is actually ended up being an essential of the Felines' best 22 this period, kicking 21 objectives as well as averaging 17.7 fingertips from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season much-loved to win the award after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to succeed the Increasing Superstar after they were actually both hung down for events in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were then catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be actually a deserving however simple winner." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed players that are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't modify the manner in which he feels regarding the way he's dealt with his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I love that as a coach when you possess gamers that alter the means you consider things, also subtly." Ollie's simply some of one of the most positive, pleased individuals you'll meet." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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.