.The fast ascent of simple Cat Ollie Dempsey has been compensated, crowned the 2024 Climbing Star award as component of the AFL honors night.Dempsey questioned 52 votes to pip Northern Melbourne's George Wardlaw (43 ballots) and also become simply the second Geelong player after four-time premiership superstar Joel Selwood (2007) to succeed the Rising Star award.Dempsey as well as Wardlaw were actually properly in advance of Brisbane's Kai Lohmann (21 ), Street Kilda's Darcy Wilson (15) and Kangaroo Colby McKercher (12 ), that rounded out the leading five.Watch the greatest coverage of the 2024 AFL finals, with specialist evaluation and also every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks in the course of play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Beginning your free of cost trial today > Finals Full week 1IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. For Free and also discreet help phone call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or even see gamblinghelponline.org.au.Dempsey surveyed 5 votes coming from nine of the 11 courts, along with merely Abbey Holmes and also Josh Mahoney certainly not providing the Geelong ahead maximum ballots. Mahoney gave Lohmann 5 votes and Wardlaw four.A product of the Sandringham Dragons, Dempsey is actually an additional Geelong draft discount after being taken as a rookie in 2021. He played only 7 games as well as kicked two goals all over his very first 2 seasons along with the club. Yet he is actually become a backbone of the Pet cats' finest 22 this period, kicking 21 targets as well as balancing 17.7 disposals coming from every one of Geelong's 23 games.Oliver Dempsey of the Pet cats. Image: Graham Denholm/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesDempsey was actually the Round 1 candidate after his three-goal, 15-disposal functionality against Street Kilda.Dempsey had not been the scorching early-season favourite to win the honor after West Shoreline's Harley davidson Reid and Western Bulldogs' Sam Darcy solid start to the year.But the duo ended up being unacceptable to win the Climbing Star after they were both appended for occurrences in Round 12. Dempsey and also Wardlaw were at that point catapulted into favouritism, along with Dempsey completing the season stronger.Geelong certain on Hawkins return|02:27 Speaking on Fox Footy's AFL 360 two days prior to the AFL Honors Evening, Geelong train Chris Scott claimed Dempsey will be a deserving yet humble champion." He is going to acknowledge that there are a number of definitely well-performed gamers who are disqualified. Yet that shouldn't transform the manner in which he really feels concerning the technique he's engaged in his footy," Scott informed AFL 360 on Tuesday evening." I really love that as an instructor when you possess gamers that alter the way you think of things, also discreetly." Ollie's simply some of the best optimistic, happy guys you'll come across." AFL RISING SUPERSTAR 2024 VOTES AS WELL AS LEADERBOARD1. Ollie Dempsey (Geelong Cats)-- 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 votes.