.The quick rise of modest Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, capped the 2024 Increasing Star honor as aspect of the AFL honors night.Dempsey surveyed 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also end up being only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and also Wardlaw were actually well in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the best five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with professional evaluation and also every activity till the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE GETTING INSTEAD. Free of cost and confidential help ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey polled five votes coming from nine of the 11 judges, with just Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not providing the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is an additional Geelong draft bargain after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in just 7 games as well as stopped pair of goals around his 1st two times with the club. Yet he is actually come to be a backbone of the Pussy-cats' best 22 this season, booting 21 goals and also balancing 17.7 fingertips coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Felines. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Cycle 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season much-loved to win the award after West Shoreline's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy sturdy beginning to the year.But the duo became disqualified to succeed the Rising Celebrity after they were actually each suspended for incidents in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted right into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the period stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins profits|02:27 Communicating on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Honors Night, Geelong trainer Chris Scott said Dempsey would certainly be actually a deserving yet simple victor." He will recognize that there are a number of actually well-performed gamers that are actually unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't modify the manner in which he really feels concerning the technique he is actually gone about his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a trainer when you have players that modify the technique you think of traits, also subtly." Ollie's just among the absolute most positive, pleased guys you'll find." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 BALLOTS AS WELL AS 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 ballots.