.The rapid rise of simple Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been actually awarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star honor as portion of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 ballots to pip North Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as end up being just the second Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually properly before Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the leading five.Watch the very best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist study as well as every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free trial today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE ACQUIRING RATHER. For Free and confidential help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or check out gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes coming from nine of the 11 courts, along with only Friary Holmes and Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong onward the greatest ballots. Mahoney provided Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draft deal after being actually taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in simply 7 activities and kicked two objectives all over his first two seasons along with the nightclub. Yet he is actually become a backbone of the Felines' absolute best 22 this period, booting 21 targets as well as averaging 17.7 fingertips from all of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency versus St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the very hot early-season much-loved to win the award after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy tough beginning to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to gain the Climbing Superstar after they were each hung down for cases in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were then catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey completing the time stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two times just before the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott pointed out Dempsey will be a deserving yet modest winner." He will certainly acknowledge that there are a couple of truly well-performed players that are actually disqualified. But that should not transform the manner in which he really feels about the method he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I enjoy that as a coach when you have players that transform the means you think about factors, also discreetly." Ollie's just some of the best hopeful, delighted people you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS 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.