.The quick upsurge of simple Cat Ollie Dempsey has actually been awarded, crowned the 2024 Rising Star award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 votes) as well as become simply the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist evaluation as well as every video game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your totally free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE GETTING RATHER. Totally free as well as private help telephone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even go to gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 ballots coming from nine of the 11 judges, with only Friary Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong onward maximum ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann five ballots and Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in just 7 video games and stopped 2 objectives all over his very first 2 periods along with the club. Yet he's become a pillar of the Kitties' ideal 22 this period, kicking 21 goals and balancing 17.7 disposals from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season much-loved to gain the award after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy begin to the year.But the duo came to be disqualified to gain the Increasing Star after they were both hung down for cases in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted in to favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the period stronger.Geelong confident on Hawkins profits|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of times just before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong coach Chris Scott mentioned Dempsey would be a deserving yet modest victor." He will certainly acknowledge that there are actually a number of really well-performed players that are actually ineligible. However that should not modify the way that he experiences about the means he is actually dealt with his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a trainer when you have gamers that alter the method you deal with traits, even discreetly." Ollie's only one of the best positive, satisfied guys you'll encounter." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Pussy-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.