.The quick ascent of modest Pussy-cat Ollie Dempsey has been rewarded, crowned the 2024 Climbing Celebrity honor as part of the AFL honors night.Dempsey polled 52 ballots to pip N. Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also end up being merely the 2nd Geelong gamer after four-time premiership star Joel Selwood (2007) to gain the Rising Celebrity award.Dempsey and Wardlaw were properly in front of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), St Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) as well as Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), who completed the top five.Watch the greatest protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with pro evaluation as well as every game up until the Grand Final deal with no ad-breaks during the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Start your free test today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU MAY BE BUYING INSTEAD. Free of cost and also classified assistance call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey questioned five votes from nine of the 11 courts, along with only Friary Holmes as well as Josh Mahoney not offering the Geelong forward maximum votes. Mahoney gave Lohmann five votes as well as Wardlaw four.An item of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually yet another Geelong draft good deal after being taken as a novice in 2021. He participated in just seven video games as well as kicked 2 objectives all over his initial pair of periods with the club. Yet he is actually become a mainstay of the Cats' greatest 22 this time, kicking 21 objectives and balancing 17.7 fingertips from each one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Photo: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal performance versus Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season much-loved to succeed the honor after West Coast's Harley Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy strong begin to the year.But the duo came to be unacceptable to gain the Climbing Celebrity after they were actually both suspended for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually then catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey ending up the time stronger.Geelong self-assured on Hawkins come back|02:27 Talking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 2 times prior to the AFL Awards Evening, Geelong coach Chris Scott said Dempsey would be actually a deserving however humble victor." He will acknowledge that there are actually a couple of actually well-performed gamers that are actually disqualified. However that should not change the manner in which he experiences regarding the way he is actually handled his footy," Scott told AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I like that as a coach when you have gamers that alter the method you think of things, also discreetly." Ollie's just among the best positive, pleased fellas you'll encounter." AFL RISING STAR 2024 BALLOTS AND ALSO 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.