.The quick rise of humble Pet cat Ollie Dempsey has been awarded, capped the 2024 Climbing Superstar award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey questioned 52 ballots to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and end up being only the 2nd Geelong player after four-time premiership celebrity Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly ahead of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and also Marsupial Colby McKercher (12 ), who rounded out the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist analysis as well as every activity up until the Grand Final cope with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free of cost test today > Finals Week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE PURCHASING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of charge as well as confidential support phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even explore gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five ballots from nine of the 11 courts, with simply Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not giving the Geelong ahead optimal votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually one more Geelong draught deal after being actually taken as a newbie in 2021. He participated in only seven activities as well as kicked two goals all over his very first 2 periods with the nightclub. Yet he's become a mainstay of the Felines' best 22 this period, booting 21 objectives as well as balancing 17.7 disposals coming from each of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Kitties. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality versus St Kilda.Dempsey wasn't the warm early-season much-loved to succeed the award after West Coast's Harley Reid and also Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong begin to the year.But the duo became unacceptable to gain the Increasing Superstar after they were each suspended for events in Cycle 12. Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually at that point catapulted into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins come back|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 pair of days prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong instructor Chris Scott said Dempsey will be a deserving yet humble champion." He will recognize that there are actually a number of really well-performed gamers that are actually unacceptable. Yet that shouldn't modify the manner in which he feels about the method he's engaged in his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I love that as an instructor when you have gamers that modify the method you think of things, even discreetly." Ollie's merely some of the most hopeful, happy individuals you'll find." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 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.