.The swift ascent of modest Cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Superstar honor as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were properly ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the best five.Watch the very best coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with pro evaluation and every game till the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your totally free test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE PURCHASING RATHER. Free of cost as well as discreet support telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, with merely Abbey Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward maximum ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann five votes and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draught bargain after being actually taken as a rookie in 2021. He participated in merely 7 games as well as kicked pair of goals across his 1st 2 seasons along with the nightclub. Yet he's come to be an essential of the Cats' best 22 this season, kicking 21 objectives as well as averaging 17.7 fingertips 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 efficiency against St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season preferred to gain the honor after West Shore's Harley davidson Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy start to the year.But the duo became ineligible to succeed the Rising Superstar after they were actually each suspended for happenings in Cycle 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong positive on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet humble champion." He will definitely recognize that there are a couple of really well-performed gamers who are actually disqualified. However that should not transform the manner in which he experiences concerning the technique he is actually tackled his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday night." I adore that as an instructor when you possess players that transform the technique you think of traits, also subtly." Ollie's only one of one of the most confident, satisfied people you'll come across." AFL RISING STAR 2024 VOTES AND ALSO 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.