.The swift rise of modest Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Superstar award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as become merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the leading five.Watch the most effective coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with expert study and also every activity till the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your cost-free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE BUYING RATHER. For Free and also discreet help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots from 9 of the 11 courts, with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong ahead the greatest ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He played just 7 video games as well as stopped 2 targets around his 1st 2 seasons along with the club. However he is actually ended up being an essential of the Felines' best 22 this season, booting 21 goals and averaging 17.7 fingertips coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season favourite to win the award after West Coastline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo came to be ineligible to gain the Climbing Star after they were actually both suspended for accidents in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times prior to the AFL Awards Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott said Dempsey will be actually a deserving however simple champion." He will recognize that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed players that are unacceptable. However that should not transform the manner in which he really feels concerning the method he's engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I like that as a trainer when you possess gamers that transform the means you consider factors, even subtly." Ollie's just one of the absolute most hopeful, satisfied guys you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong 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 votes.