.The rapid rise of simple Kitty Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, capped the 2024 Increasing Superstar award as part of the AFL awards night.Dempsey polled 52 votes to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) as well as come to be just the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Increasing Star award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were actually well in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that filled out the top five.Watch the most effective insurance coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, along with specialist study as well as every video game until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of charge trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Free of cost and classified support ring 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed five votes coming from 9 of the 11 courts, along with only Abbey Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney certainly not offering the Geelong forward the greatest votes. Mahoney offered Lohmann five ballots and also Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is yet another Geelong draught bargain after being taken as a newbie in 2021. He played just seven activities and also kicked pair of goals around his first pair of seasons with the club. But he is actually become an essential of the Kitties' absolute best 22 this period, booting 21 objectives and averaging 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pussy-cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was the Round 1 nominee after his three-goal, 15-disposal efficiency against St Kilda.Dempsey had not been the warm early-season preferred to win the honor after West Shoreline's Harley Reid as well as Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy powerful beginning to the year.But the duo became ineligible to succeed the Rising Celebrity after they were actually both appended for events in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually after that catapulted right into favouritism, with Dempsey finishing the time stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times before the AFL Awards Night, Geelong instructor Chris Scott said Dempsey would be actually a deserving yet humble champion." He will certainly recognize that there are actually a couple of truly well-performed gamers that are unacceptable. However that should not transform the way that he experiences concerning the means he's tackled his footy," Scott said to AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as a coach when you possess players that transform the method you deal with points, also discreetly." Ollie's merely some of the absolute most hopeful, happy guys you'll encounter." AFL RISING CELEBRITY 2024 BALLOTS AND 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.