.The fast upsurge of simple Kitty Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star award as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be simply the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Superstar award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually well before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that completed the leading five.Watch the most effective protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro analysis as well as every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE BUYING RATHER. Totally free as well as personal support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes from 9 of the 11 courts, along with simply Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong onward optimal ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught good deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in just 7 activities and stopped pair of targets throughout his first two seasons along with the club. However he is actually become a backbone of the Kitties' finest 22 this season, kicking 21 goals and balancing 17.7 fingertips from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance against Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the hot early-season favourite to gain the honor after West Coastline's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to gain the Climbing Superstar after they were each suspended for events in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 days prior to the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott claimed Dempsey will be a deserving yet humble champion." He will recognize that there are actually a number of truly well-performed gamers that are ineligible. Yet that should not modify the manner in which he experiences about the means he is actually engaged in his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a trainer when you have players that change the method you think of traits, also subtly." Ollie's merely among the best confident, happy fellas you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AND 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.