.The quick rise of simple Cat Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Rising Superstar award as part of the AFL awards 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 superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to win the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the best five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro evaluation and also every video game till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your complimentary test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE PURCHASING RATHER. Totally free and also personal support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes from nine of the 11 judges, with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong ahead the greatest votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draft good deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in just 7 video games as well as stopped 2 goals across his 1st 2 times along with the club. Yet he's ended up being a backbone of the Kitties' greatest 22 this period, kicking 21 goals as well as averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season preferred to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to gain the Rising Star after they were actually each appended for happenings in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong trainer Chris Scott stated Dempsey would certainly be a deserving yet modest victor." He is going to recognize that there are actually a couple of definitely well-performed players that are actually disqualified. But that shouldn't alter the way that he experiences regarding the method he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I really love that as a trainer when you possess players that change the method you think about points, even discreetly." Ollie's simply among one of the most positive, delighted guys you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 VOTES AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Kitties)-- 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 ballots.