.The quick ascent of modest Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, capped the 2024 Increasing Superstar honor as portion of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the leading five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro study as well as every activity up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your cost-free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Absolutely free as well as classified help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned 5 ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, along with merely Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not giving the Geelong ahead optimal ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is another Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He played only 7 games and stopped pair of targets around his 1st pair of times with the club. But he's ended up being an essential of the Pet cats' absolute best 22 this season, kicking 21 targets and also balancing 17.7 disposals from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season favorite to gain the award after West Coastline's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid begin to the year.But the duo became disqualified to gain the Increasing Celebrity after they were each hung down for incidents in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the season stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott claimed Dempsey will be actually a deserving yet simple champion." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a number of really well-performed gamers that are unacceptable. But that shouldn't modify the way that he experiences about the means he is actually handled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as a coach when you have players that change the method you deal with factors, even discreetly." Ollie's merely among the best optimistic, satisfied individuals you'll find." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.