.The swift rise of humble Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Increasing Celebrity honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and come to be merely the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Increasing Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were effectively in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the best five.Watch the most effective protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional evaluation as well as every activity until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of cost and personal assistance ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled 5 votes from nine of the 11 courts, along with just Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong onward optimal votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught deal after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in only 7 games and kicked two objectives all over his very first two times along with the club. Yet he is actually become an essential of the Pet cats' finest 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favorite to succeed the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo became disqualified to gain the Rising Superstar after they were actually each appended for events in Round 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were at that point catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott claimed Dempsey would certainly be a deserving however modest victor." He will acknowledge that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed gamers who are unacceptable. Yet that should not change the way that he experiences regarding the way he's handled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as an instructor when you possess gamers that change the method you think about points, even discreetly." Ollie's simply among the most confident, happy people you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES 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 votes.