.The rapid upsurge of modest Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been actually compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Superstar honor as aspect of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) and also become just the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Celebrity award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the leading five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist review as well as every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING INSTEAD. Totally free as well as private support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots from nine of the 11 judges, with just Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong ahead maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in simply 7 video games and kicked 2 goals across his very first two seasons along with the nightclub. However he is actually come to be a pillar of the Pussy-cats' absolute best 22 this season, booting 21 targets and also averaging 17.7 disposals coming from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Picture: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the scorching early-season preferred to gain the award after West Coast's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful begin to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to win the Climbing Superstar after they were both suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days just before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong train Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey will be a deserving however simple winner." He is going to recognize that there are actually a couple of really well-performed players who are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't alter the way that he really feels regarding the means he's gone about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I really love that as a trainer when you possess players that alter the method you think of factors, even subtly." Ollie's merely some of the most hopeful, pleased guys you'll encounter." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Cats)-- 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 votes.